friendship

Friendship

  There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.  His Father gave him a 
  bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must 
  hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

  The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.  Over the next 
  few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails 
  hammered daily gradually dwindled down.  He discovered it was easier to 
  hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.  Finally the day 
  came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. 

  He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull 
  out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. 

  The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that 
  all the nails were gone. 

  The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.  He said,   
  'You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence.  The 
  fence will never be the same.  When you say things in anger, they leave a 
  scar just like this one.  You can put a knife in a man and draw it out.  
  But It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound will 
  still be there.  A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.

  Remember that friends are very rare jewels indeed. They make you smile and 
  encourage you to succeed; They lend an ear, they share words of praise and 
  they always want to open their hearts to us. 

  It's National Friendship Week.  Show your friends how much you care..  
  Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND, even if it means sending it 
  back to the person who sent it to you!  If it comes back to you, you will 
  then know you have a circle of friends. 

  YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I AM HONORED! 

  Now send this to every friend you have!!  And to your family(they need to 
  know that you love them too)..  

  Please forgive me if I have ever left a 'hole' in your fence.