At times when I come across annoying people around me, I get frustrated and it leads to anger sometimes. But it is very difficult to control others in a given situation, instead it is better to control my own anger.
I read lot of books whenever I get time. It is one of my passion you can say.
In one such moment while going through a story on 'Anger Mindset', I was able to relate it with my own. I realized that moment that it is better to control our own temper instead of trying to justify others.
Let me share the story....
Once, there was a little boy who used to have very bad temper, due to which he got upset quickly on small things .
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.
➽ Moral of the Story: -
A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Hence it is better to control the self-anger in any situation.
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