[recluse1]

This is a story I read and I thought it very meaningful. Just wanted to share it here with my friends!

Nail in the Fence

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. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there." A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.
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Friends are 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. Like this young boy, we all need to think before we speak. Or we too, could make a wound that scars our relationships forever.

recluse1

[SeptemberMorn]

Very good, but I think a verbal wound is tougher to heal than a physical wound, don't you think? I hardly remember the smacking that my dad gave me with a belt before I was six, but I still remember the nasty words the grandmother used to whisper to be from behind a door or around the corner.

(((((((((recluse1 )))))))))))))))))))))))))
I liked that story very much
such is true with life
thou i have to say anytime I have goofed
which i have done in life

I do say i am sorry.....
((i did not goof by verbally abusing anyone thou)))))))))

verbal wound are incorrect they do harm
but with patience and understanding sometimes
they can be worked out.
and the holes or pain can be filled in..
and healed.....
muffy

[(JD)]

Thanks recluse.

I have many holes in me...

[recluse1]

(((((((SeptemberMorn))))))) Sometimes we can't see just how sharp words can be or how deep the wound once they're weilded.

(((((((Sky)))))))) sending you much love and lifting you up in prayer.

((((((muffy))))))) Yes, sometimes we are able to work through these things. I just wish that, like this boy, everyone were able to see that words spoken, not necessarily abusively, but even in anger, can cut so deeply.

Peace and Love
recluse1

[nowheretorun]

kind words are so important... i try to use that do the least harm ... intents are what makes the difference..

(((everyone))))))

[SeptemberMorn]

I think I'm going to copy this and send it to a couple of "grumpy" people in my life.

Thanks for posting this, Re!

[AAAAA]

Thanks recluse, truer words never spoken. It's true no matter how many times you say you're sorry, the wound remains.