Hi folks!


               To all my friends.......

               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.
Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed.  They make you smile and encourage
you to succeed.  They lend an ear, they share a word 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 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 WEEKEND!

Regards,
Alieu




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