NAIL IN THE FENCE
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> There once was a little boy who had a bad
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> temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails
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> temper, he must hammer a nail into the back
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> of the fence. The first day the boy had
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> driven 37 nails into the fence Over the next
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> next few weeks, as he learned to control his
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> anger, the number of nails hammered daily
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> gradually dwindled down. He discovered
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> it was easier to hold his temper than to
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> drive those nails into the fence.
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> Finally the day came when the boy didn't
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> lose his temper at all. He told his father
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> about it and the father suggested that the
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> boy now pull out one nail for each day that
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> he was able to hold his temper.
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> The days passed and the young boy was finally
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> able to tell his father that all the nails
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> were gone. The father took his son by the
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> hand and led him to the fence He said, "You
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> have done well, my son, but look at the
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> holes in the fence. The fence will never be
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> the same. When you say things in anger,
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> they leave a scar just like this one. You
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> can put a knife in a man and draw it out.
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> It won't matter how many times you say I'm
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> sorry, the wound is still there. " A verbal
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> wound is as bad as a physical one.
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> Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They
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> make you smile and encourage you to succeed.
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> They lend an ear, they share words of praise
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> and they always want to open their hearts to us."
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> It's National Friendship Week. Show your
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> friends how much you care. Send this to
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> everyone you consider a FRIEND, even if
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> it means sending it back to the person who
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> sent it to you. If it comes back to you,
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> then you'll know you have a circle of friends.
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> YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I AM HONORED!
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> Now send this to every friend you have!! And to
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> your family .
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> Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole.
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