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Send this to page 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.
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I AM HONORED!
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 day 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 scars 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 a very rare jewel 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.
Everyday should be friendship day.. Show your friends how
much you care.
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