The art of breaking hearts.

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper, he picked offense at
very little things. In his fit of anger, he would rant, rave, destroy
things in the home. His friends and family said to him, "its normal to
be angry but don't destroy everything in our home because they cost a
lot to replace. Do not curse and say things even when you don't mean
them" but he replied, "I do them just to be able to let go of the
steam of the anger"

So, one day, 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 wall instead of cussing and breaking things.

By the first day, the boy had driven 37 nails into the wall! By the
second week, he had lost count at 150nails! But over the next few
weeks, the number of nails began to decline steeply. He learned to
control his anger and 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 wall.

Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. Even
his Father was astonished to see that no nail had been hammered that
day.

He told his father about his discovery and his decision to hold his
temper from that day on. His father then suggested that the boy now
should 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 wall and said,
'You have done well, my son, you have learnt to control your anger
more than you loose your temper, but look at the holes in the wall,
this wall will never be the same again. When you say or do things in
anger, they leave a scar in the heart that looks just like this one'.

Conclusion: Once you hurt your loved ones, it won't matter how many
times you say I'm sorry, the wound will still be there although they
may forgive you.
A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.

Remember that 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.
Before you drive that nail, think about the future.