Can't undo the damage done by Anger

A little boy had a very 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 a day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. When he proudly told his father about it, 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.

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.

When we hurt over loved ones by saying harsh things in anger, we create such irreversible scars or holes in their hearts that are very hard to heal. It is an action that can not be undone easily.

Before we get angry when things do not work around us, let us remember the 90/10 principle to control our reaction and avoid leaving emotional scars around us.