Don't loose your temper(친구 가슴에 못 박지마)/윤상원의 필리핀 변호사

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.    <DIV align=center> His Father gave him a bag of nails </DIV>   <DIV align=center> and told him that every time he lost his </DIV>   <DIV align=center> 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    </DIV> <DIV align=center> gradually dwindled down.  He discovered          it was easier to hold his temper than to </DIV>   <DIV align=center> drive those nails into the fence.. Finally the ! day came when the boy didn't </DIV>   <DIV align=center> lose his temper at all. He told his father </DIV>   <DIV align=center> about it and the father suggested that the </DIV>   <DIV align=center> boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. </DIV>   <DIV align=center> 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 </DIV>   <DIV align=center> have done well, my son, but look at the </DIV>   <DIV align=center> holes in the fence. The fence will never be </DIV>   <DIV align=center> the same. When you say things in anger, </DIV>   <DIV align=center> they leave a scar just like this one.  You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. </DIV>     <DIV align=center> No matter how many times you say "I'm sorry", </DIV> <DIV align=center>the wound is still there.  </DIV> <DIV align=center>A verbal wound is as bad as </DIV> <DIV align=center>a physical one. </DIV>   <DIV align=center> 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."      Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole. </DIV> “Keep yesterday history, tomorrow a mystery, and today your chance to live free”