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Bad Temper
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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 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."
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يحكى عن ولد ذو مزاج سيئ. أعطاه أبوه ذات يوم كيسا من المسامير و قال له انه في كل مرة يفقد السيطرة على مزاجه يقوم بدق مسمار على السياج.
في اليوم الأول دق الولد 37 مسمارا. و في خلال الأسابيع المقبلة و كلما تعلم التحكم بغضبه أصبح عدد المسامير يقل تدريجيا. و اكتشف ان التحكم بمزاجه اسهل من دق المسامير على السياج.
الى أن أتى اليوم الذي أصبح فيه الولد قادرا على عدم فقد أعصابه. و أخبر والده بذلك. هذا الأخير اقترح على ابنه أن يقوم بقلع مسمار لكل يوم كان قادرا فيه على التحكم بأعصابه. و جاء اليوم الذي أخبر فيه الولد أباه أنه اقتلع كل المسامير.
أخذ الأب بيد ابنه و ذهبا للسياج و قال له: "لقد أحسنت صنعا يا بني, لكن انظر لكل هذه الثقوب على السياج. لا يمكن للسياج أن يكون كما كان. كلماتك و أنت غاضب تترك اثرا كهذه الثقوب. بامكانك أن تغرز سكينا بانسان و ان تنزعها منه. لا يهم كم من المرات تتأسف لأن الجرح موجود دائما. جرح كلمة أسوأ من الجرح الجسدي."
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