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  1. RobertM

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    #1 RobertM, Jan 1, 2010
    I just got this email from a friend who asked my opinion on it prior to sending to his employees. I thought I would pass it along. Something we should all live by starting in 2010 and forever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


    Remember to be careful what you say, text, write or send in an email because it can leave a hole that can not be repaired.

    NAILS IN THE FENCE
    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. 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 and once the nail has created a hole even though you remove the nail, the hole will always be there.

    Just something to think about
     
  2. Stephanie

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    #2 Stephanie, Jan 1, 2010
    Very, very true. Thank you for sharing that. :)
     
  3. oss117

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    #3 oss117, Jan 1, 2010
    Here we go: 2010 brought us a "wise man" Robert
     
  4. gurslo

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    #4 gurslo, Jan 1, 2010
    This is one of those, to live by, emails that circulate the web every day. They are nice to read. I get them all the time, and I can post some if you want, just ask. One question I have, is how do I get an email onto a post, I've never done this.
     
  5. RP

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    #5 RP, Jan 1, 2010
    Very nice Robert.
     
  6. BT

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    #6 BT, Jan 2, 2010
    I would highlight the text in the email, hit ctrl-c then make a post here, put the cursor in the text area, and hit ctrl-v.
    :)
    BT
     
  7. gurslo

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    #7 gurslo, Jan 3, 2010
    Bill, Thankyou. I get emails like this all the time, if anyone wants me post some, just ask. I don't want fill this thread with sappy stuff.
    I have some sappy, some funny, but its all meant well. (I posted this to make sure it would work.)

    TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING
    >>>> THROUGH THE DESERT.
    >>>> DURING SOME POINT OF THE
    >>>> JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN
    >>>> ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND
    >>>> SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE
    >>>> IN THE FACE.
    >>>>
    >>>> THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED
    >>>> WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT
    >>>> SAYING ANYTHING,
    >>>> WROTE IN THE SAND:
    >>>>
    >>>> TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
    >>>> SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.
    >>>>
    >>>> THEY KEPT ON WALKING,
    >>>> UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS,
    >>>> WHERE THEY DECIDED
    >>>> TO TAKE A BATH.
    >>>>
    >>>> THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN
    >>>> SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE
    >>>> MIRE AND STARTED DROWNING,
    >>>> BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.
    >>>>
    >>>> AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM
    >>>> THE NEAR DROWNING,
    >>>> HE WROTE ON A STONE:
    >>>>
    >>>> TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
    >>>> SAVED MY LIFE.
    >>>>
    >>>> THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED
    >>>> AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND
    >>>> ASKED HIM, "AFTER I HURT YOU,
    >>>> YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW,
    >>>> YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?"
    >>>>
    >>>> THE OTHER FRIEND REPLIED
    >>>> "WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US
    >>>> WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN
    >>>> IN SAND WHERE WINDS OF
    >>>> FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY.
    >>>> BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES
    >>>> SOMETHING GOOD FOR US,
    >>>> WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE
    >>>> WHERE NO WIND
    >>>> CAN EVER ERASE IT."
    >>>>
    >>>> LEARN TO WRITE
    >>>> YOUR HURTS IN
    >>>> THE SAND AND TO
    >>>> CARVE YOUR
    >>>> BENEFITS IN STONE.
    >>>>
    >>>> THEY SAY IT TAKES A
    >>>> MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL
    >>>> PERSON, AN HOUR TO
    >>>> APPRECIATE THEM, A DAY
    >>>> TO LOVE THEM, BUT THEN
    >>>> AN ENTIRE LIFE
    >>>> TO FORGET THEM.
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
     
  8. blackbolt22

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    #8 blackbolt22, Jan 3, 2010
    Amen Robert. In essence the first of The Four Agreements.
     
  9. paulie_b

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    #9 paulie_b, Jan 4, 2010
    Thank you for sharing and Happy New Year.
     
  10. ILuv4Res

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    #10 ILuv4Res, Jan 4, 2010
    Fluffy bunny rabits, and puppy dogs.................
     
  11. TheCarcierge

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    #11 TheCarcierge, Jan 6, 2010
    if any of you panzys slap me in a face, I am going to feed you into a wood chipper.

    "The best revenge is NOT living well ... the best revenge is VENGEANCE!"
     
  12. TheCarcierge

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    #12 TheCarcierge, Jan 6, 2010
    PS - I never nailed a fence.

    I fenced some hot stuff, nailed a hooker, but never nailed a fence. Fence I knew was named Rocco - he was no looker. Was the fence in your story hot Robert?
     
  13. ILuv4Res

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    #13 ILuv4Res, Jan 6, 2010
    Chinese fortune cookie say: Nail a fence, get splinter in pee-pee............
     

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