A Story With A Moral- Manage Your Temper.
Every time you lose your cool, you lose control and at
times the cost could be quite high. So learn to
manage your temper.
As a little kid growing up on a sheep farm, Martin
was a bright, hardworking boy, prone to losing his
temper and getting angry. He would end up saying
harsh words to his friends and family without often
realising the impact of his angry outbursts.
Intent on mending his son’s ways, Martin’s dad
decided on a plan. He gave his son a sack of nails and
told him that every time he lost his temper, he must
hammer a nail into the wooden fence at the back of
their farm. The son agreed. The first day, he
hammered 35 nails into the fence. As the days
passed, the number of nails hammered into the
fence gradually decreased. It was quite a task going
all the way to the back of the farm and hammering a
nail. Young Martin figured it was easier to just
control his temper and not get angry.
And then, one day, he did not lose his cool at all. A
day of no nails! Delighted, he told his father about it.
And the father said that for every day that Martin did
not lose his temper, he should pull out a nail from
the fence. Martin did as told, and some months later,
all the nails in the fence had been removed. Martin
was pleased. And so was his dad.
The father led young Martin to the back of the farm
and pointing to the wooden fence he said “You have
done well, my son and I am proud of you. But notice
the holes left behind by the nails? They will never go
away. The fence will never be the same again. It’s like
that with our anger too. When we are angry, we say
things that leave a scar. And no amount of
apologizing thereafter can ever remove those scars.
Remember that!”
Moral: It’s a lesson that we should remember all our
life. And it’s a lesson we would all do well to take to
heart too. Keep your cool. Don’t lose your temper.
And you will see a significant improvement in your
relationships. People will like you more, they will
respect you a lot more – and you will find that hardly
anybody gets angry with you. If you find yourself
losing your cool often, maybe you should set yourself
a punishment equivalent to hammering nails on the
fence. Like Martin, you too might then find yourself
controlling your temper a lot better. Good to
remember that you can never really win when you
get angry. You always lose -your temper, your cool
and a whole lot else besides.
Saying “Sorry” is like using one of those erasers on
the top of a pencil. It’s easy to use, it feels like you
have erased what was written, but the marks remain
on the sheet of paper forever. And in this era of
instant messaging and on-the-go e-mails, it becomes
even more important to watch your words. If you are
upset and want to shoot off an angry e-mail or
message, hold it! Draft a mail perhaps – but leave it
as a draft. Don’t hit the ‘send’ button whilst you are
angry. Tell yourself that you will take a look at it the
next morning, and only then send it. Chances are,
with a cooler head the next morning, you will realise
the folly of sending out the angry email. And it does
not matter that you are in the right, or that you think
your anger is justified. If you lose your cool,
remember, you lose. Period.
Next time you are angry and want to say something,
take a deep breath. Pause. And maybe say nothing at
all.

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Insightful! This is not a story for the gods alone. Thanks for posting

The boy cudve hammered enuff nails to make a byutiful carvg. Then what would his father say wen d art is sold/appreciated/wins him accolades/scholarships? Nice story.

The boy cudve hammered enuff nails to make a byutiful carvg. Then what would his father say wen d art is sold/appreciated/wins him accolades/scholarships?