I got this email... makes you really think! Read more...

Thank you for sharing this with us simply sweet Teri! We would all do well to let it run though our minds daily.;)

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by simplyrosie 15 Apr 2008

There you are! I didn't know if you were online with us 'chatters' yet. ;-)

Nice story to learn by. Thanks for sharing.

A wonderful message!

Thank you for sharing this. It makes you think. Flower and blessing for you this day.

Rosie.... I got this one several years ago and loved it so much that I printed it out and saved it. It's nice to see it make the rounds again. Thanks for sharing with the CUTIES. *4U

Ohhh Thank you Teri. It is pretty and touching. I didn't know it is National Friendship Week. I will try to call and email my friends in Venezuela. Flower and XoXo

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by simplyrosie 15 Apr 2008

Hi Letvia... I'm not sure if it really is... but the email came today with this message. ;-) Regardless, we could all use a phone call from our girlfriends! xoxo

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 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. But It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound will still be there. 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." It's National Friendship Week. Show your friends how much you care. xoxo to you all!