From:          Rhonda Steiner
To:               heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com,
Subject:      The Fence!


              TEMPER, FRIENDS AND THE FENCE
 
There was a little boy with a bad temper.  His father gave him a bag
of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a
nail in the back fence.  The first day the boy had driven 37 nails
into the  fence.

Then it 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 just like this.  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.

Show your friends how much you care.   Send this to everyone you
consider a FRIEND!


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