Nail In The Fence

[A la prochaine]

THOUGHT SOME of YOU might enjoy this.

NAIL IN THE FENCE

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'm

sorry, the wound is still there. " A verbal

wound is as bad as a physical one.

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."

Edited June 7, 2007 by A la prochaine

[pawtucket]

[year2027]

God first

Beloved A la prochaine

God loves you my dear friend

I have really enjoy that it blessed my heart

I all so loved pawtucket he added

thank you both because this tread is blessing my heart

thank you again and again

with love and a holy kiss blowing your way Roy

[waterbuffalo]

Ala, that is great. No, actually, you've left only good in my life.

Thx Paw. Love that song. They did it pretty well.

[A la prochaine]

thank you Paw and roy and WB...

I didn't post this for a sympathy post.. I deleted that line that says PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I"VE EVER LEFT A HOLE.

I was thinking I had to clarify this upon hearing the wonderful song Paw posted. I thought perhaps that might have been construded.

Honesty, I haven't been feeling like i've hurt anyone.. just thought the poem was touching. But, if i have hurt anyone, I do apologize and hope that we can fix things up in order to move on!

i think i'm confusing myself... god knows how you poor readers feel :blink: :wacko: :blink: :huh:

Edited June 7, 2007 by A la prochaine

[waysider]

Wow! Anybody who says no good music is being made today, hasn't heard these guys.

I had never heard of The Fray until this appeared. Shame on me.

If you weren't familiar with this song, you might be easily convinced these guys wrote it. They made it their own. The instrumental parts were just what was needed and no more. Hard to not get carried away and play too many notes on something like this. The vocal was dead on. Captured the true essense of the song(IMO).

OK--- Back to topic, now.

[A la prochaine]

Waysider,

did you post this on the wrong thread????

just curious.. it's just dandy here...

[YIdon'tgotochurch]

Good friends are:

Hard to find

Harder to bid farwell

Impossible to forget! ! ! !

[RainbowsGirl]

Dear(((((((((((((((A la))))))))))), :) That was so beautiful a lessen for a Father to teach his dear son and a magnificent and lasting way to teach it as well! It is so touching and nice to see a Father per se put his son on the right road of life and truly paint it so well and so vividly!Thank You A la for the beautiful lessen...That is what Friends are for: Love, loyalty, joy, lessens, to complete pieces of the puzzle our lives are and ever so much more!Thank You to Paw for The Fray...I had not yet heard them either!Love You A la, RBG