Read this if you want to CONTROL YOUR ANGER!!!!!

@naseeha (1382)
India
June 16, 2008 4:40am CST
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 am sorry", the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. I found this to be so true and it has helped me control my temper.Hope it has that effect on you too.
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@bellaofchaos (11538)
• United States
29 Jun 08
I have read this story before and have always thought it to be one of those sweet stories the shows the lesson very clearly. It has been nice to read it again.
@naseeha (1382)
• India
1 Jul 08
Hope it helps us change for the better.
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
29 Jun 08
Very nice story and how right you are about the verbal wound!There is a couplet by a famous poet that even an injury caused by fire would heal but the lash that is given by the tongue would leave a mark that is permanent. Of course it is very crisply staed in 7 words in our language.
@naseeha (1382)
• India
1 Jul 08
Yes thrirukural. I know of it and i too was reminded of it when i posted this discussion
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Jun 08
this is a great story to help one to control her anger'and it would be good to practice this ocassionally.lol. It is so easy to lip off whenyou are angry and almost impossible to undo the harm you have caused. verbal wounds hurt just as bad as physical wounds. the old saying about wo rds will never hurt me is a bunch of crap, not true. words do wound and wound' badly.
@naseeha (1382)
• India
1 Jul 08
yes we have a saying in tamil which says that a wound by a fire would heal but not a wound from the tongue. How true!!!
• China
16 Jun 08
thank you for sharing this with us! i've read this story before, and i really appreciate that you bring it here and remind me again. i think that we should share more stories like this in my-lot, as they can make us wise.
@naseeha (1382)
• India
17 Jun 08
thankd for the kind comment. HAPPY MYLOTTING
@anex08 (868)
• Philippines
16 Jun 08
Hi there!, I would say It was a nice post with great lesson to learn. I am also having a hard time controlling my anger, when Im angry, I make sure that the reason why or the person who cause me to feel that way will be receiving the most hate I have. That's usually my action whenever I get angry. But I have learned to control my anger little by little before it ingulps me. With your post, I know that I have to continue doing it until such time I fully hold myself and practice it for the rest of my life.
@naseeha (1382)
• India
17 Jun 08
Its good to know that you are trying to control your anger.
• China
28 Jun 08
thank you for sharing the story.before i haven't read it,i like it.i think i have learn a little from this story.ok,i will do my best to control my temper when i feel angry with others.yeah,i must be careful what i will say,i won't like to put a knife in a man and draw it out.
@naseeha (1382)
• India
1 Jul 08
we all should take this lesson to heart and the next time we are angry we should be reminded of this so that we do not hurt some0ne
@mjmlagat (3170)
• Philippines
16 Jun 08
I am so honored to have read your discussion, it's very touching because I for one could easily lost my temper for sometimes a trivial matter. I hope through post we will all be able to hold our anger even for just once... It's not good to be angry all the time. Happy posting to all!
@naseeha (1382)
• India
17 Jun 08
Yes venting anger on someone is of no use. The only thing that happens is the other person gets hurt. Happy mylotting
@gwenns (255)
• Singapore
16 Jun 08
Hah, yeah it's so true. In fact, I had came across this message somewhere, from then on, whenever I'm angry, I will keep quiet lol. I'm so scared that I will harm anyone with my angry words =( But some people, they will never let me angry in peace! They flaming my anger always (knowing I'm angry or not)!! grrrr..
@naseeha (1382)
• India
17 Jun 08
Yes there will always be people to make you angry. But try and keep cool.