(Most importantly the last sentence)
 

 

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 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."
 

 

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 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.
 

 

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. 
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