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Savage Yautja
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I recieved this from a friend and though in light of recent events this might be good food for thought for us all. Didn't want any of my friends to not get this.
> > NAIL IN THE FENCE
> >Make sure you read all the way down to the last
> sentence.
> >
> >
> >(Most importantly the last sentence)
> >
> >
> >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."
> >
> >
> >It's National Friendship Week. Show your
> >
> >
> >friends how much you care. Send this to
> >
> >
> >everyone you consider a FRIEND, even if
> >
> >
> >it means sending it back to the person who
> >
> >
> >sent it to you. If it comes back to you,
> >
> >
> >then you'll know you have a circle of friends.
> >
> >
> >YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I AM HONORED!
> >
> >
> >Now send this to every friend you have!! And to
> >
> >
> >your family.
> >
> >
> >Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole.
> > NAIL IN THE FENCE
> >Make sure you read all the way down to the last
> sentence.
> >
> >
> >(Most importantly the last sentence)
> >
> >
> >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."
> >
> >
> >It's National Friendship Week. Show your
> >
> >
> >friends how much you care. Send this to
> >
> >
> >everyone you consider a FRIEND, even if
> >
> >
> >it means sending it back to the person who
> >
> >
> >sent it to you. If it comes back to you,
> >
> >
> >then you'll know you have a circle of friends.
> >
> >
> >YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I AM HONORED!
> >
> >
> >Now send this to every friend you have!! And to
> >
> >
> >your family.
> >
> >
> >Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole.
