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There was a boy. He was smart, talented and handsome. However, he was very self-centered, arrogant and had a very bad temper that nobody wanted to be friendly with him. Often he got angry and said various hurtful things to people around him.

The boy‘s parents were very concerned about his bad temper. They searched far and wide on what they could do to help him. And one day, the father came up with an idea. He called his son and gave him a hammer and a bag of nails. Then he said to his son;

 _“Every time you get angry and you couldn’t control your temper, take a nail and drive into that old fence as hard as you can.”_

The fence was very tough and the hammer was heavy, nevertheless the boy was so furious that after the very first day of the test, he had driven 37 nails already. Day after day, week after week, the number of nails he had left was gradually decreasing. After some time, the boy started to realize that holding his temper was far more easier than driving the nails into the fence.

One day, the boy concluded that he didn't need the hammer and nails anymore as he had learned to hold his temper perfectly. So he went to his parents and told them about his achievement. His father was very impressed with his son’s achievement. Then the father said to him again;

_“every time when you are able hold your temper all day long, pull out one nail from the fence"_

Much time has passed. And finally the boy could be proud of himself as all the nails were gone. When he came to his father and told him about this, his father offered to come and take a careful look at the fence. After taking a thorough look at the old fence, he commended his son by saying;

 _“You did a good job my son, but pay attention to the holes that were left from the nails. The fence will never be the same. The same happens when your say hurtful things to people, even though you apologize afterwards, your words leave scars in their hearts like those holes in the fence”._

#####  Remember, we need to treat everyone with love and respect, and think and watch carefully what we say or do to others when we’re upset. Preferably, it’s advisable to be calm and not to speak when you’re so furious and can’t control your temper. I bet you, whatever you say or do under such condition; you are definitely going to have a regret later on. Because it doesn‘t matter, whether you say you are sorry, the scars will not disappear.
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