Fwd: Fw: Hole in the fence

Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence!


There once was a little girl who had a bad temper. Her mother gave her a
bag of nails and told her that every time she lost her temper, she must hammer
a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the girl had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next
few weeks,! as she learned to control her anger, the number of nails hammered
daily gradually dwindled down. She discovered it was easier to hold her temper
than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the girl didn't lose her temper at all. She told
her mother about it and the mother suggested that the girl now pull out one
nail for each day that she was able to hold her temper.
The days passed and the young girl was finally able to tell her mother that!
all the nails were gone. The mother took her daughter by the hand and led her to
the fence. She said, "You have done well, my daughter, 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 person 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.
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.
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, then you'll know you have a circle of friends.
Happy Friendship week! You are my friend and I am honored. Now send this
to every friend you have!! And to your family.
Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole in your fence