"When things are said in anger,irritation or frustration...

Hi all,
Greetings from Oman.

The other day I was reading an article by Success Coach - Robin Sharma , the subject was called Personal Leadership Through Anger Mastery.

Robin tells a story about anger mastery.

The story goes like this: " There was a boy who was always very angry and was short tempered. One day his father called him and handed him a bag of nails and a hammer.He said "Son whenever you feel angry take a nail and nail it on backyard fence. For each anger - a nail should be hammered to the fence."
On the 1st day itself the boy did 25 nails. Later in the weeks,the boy grew more aware of his anger and put fewer and fewer nails in the fence as days progressed.Although he never denied the anger that was there,in time he found it easier to silently experience his anger and then release it rather than angrily nail the nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the young boy stopped losing his temper completely.He met his father and his father said to him "Son go and pull out a nail for each day that you did not manage you anger and hold it in a responsible way."A day later the boy went to his father after each hammered nail had been removed from the fence.

The father said" I am proud of you son.I would like you to look at the holes that you have made in the fence.When things are said in anger,irritation or frustration,you can put a hole into someone just like you have put a hole in the fence.Although you may retract your words and apologize, the scar can remain for a long long time.So be kind,compassionate and care for all people in your life. Life is a short journey and relationships are most important."

This ends the story.

I think no more explanation or opinion is needed for this story.The story is self explanatory.

To make the above idea about caring for other people more strong,I would like to add a quote by Robin "before someone will lend you a hand,you must touch their hearts"

Keep smiling and be caring

Suju.the.Archer.