Anger

There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that everytime he lost his temper,to hammer a nail in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence! It gradualy dwindled down as he discovered it was easier to hold temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally, the day came when the boy did not 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 will not 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. Show your friends how much you care. Do not kill them with your angry outbursts. You will lament later. Imagine how many friends you have already lost because of little things. Anger is like nuclear energy. It can be lethal to you if you misuse it. All explosive things can be made to be useful by proper management. Anger is a great form of super energy. The ideal is to harness energy out of anger, which can work to eleminate the cause of your anger. Angry person is the loser always. Do not play with anger. Try from now on, to blame yourself for all your anger- Never to others, as you are the ONLY one who suffers not the third party to whom you blame"

I came across this story in a website :)