Views:602 | By: Maureen There was a little boy who had temper. His father gave him a bag full of nails and told him that any time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the wall.

The first day, the boy had driven 37 nails into the back of the wall. Over the next few days as he continued how 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 wall. 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 each day that he was able to hold his temper

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 hand and led him to the wall. He said to the son, "you may have done well my son, but the wall will never be the same again. It is full of holes".

When you say things in anger they leave a scar just like this one. A verbal wound is as bad as physical one. Remember that friends are very rare jewels. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed.