There was once a young boy who had problem controlling his temper.
When he became angry, he would just say anything that came to his mind and hurt people.
So his father gave him a bag of nails and a hammer and said, "Every time you get angry, hammer one nail into the fence in our backyard".
The first few days the boy hammered so many nails that he emptied half the bag.
Over the weeks, the number of nails he hammered to the fence reduced and gradually, his temper was much in control.
Then came a day when he didn't lose his temper at all.
His father asked him to remove one nail each day that he manages not to lose his temper.
Finally, on the day the child was removing the last nail, his father says, "You have done well, boy. But did you see all the holes in the wall?
The fence is never going to be the same, even after repainting.
Likewise, when you say mean things in anger, you will leave a scar in the person's mind, as the nails did to the fence".
Anger is a dangerous weapon like a knife. When you put a knife in a man and draw it out, the wound heals but the scar remains.
从前有个小男孩很难控制自己的脾气。
当他生气的时候，他想说什么就说什么来伤害别人。
于是他的父亲给了他一包钉子和一把锤子，并对他说:“每次你生气的时候，就在我们后院的篱笆上钉一颗钉子。”
刚开始的几天，男孩钉的钉子太多了，弄空了半个袋子。
几个星期过去了，他在栅栏上钉的钉子减少了，渐渐地，他的脾气也控制住了。
后来有一天，他一点脾气也没有发。
他的父亲让他每天去掉一颗钉子，这样他就不会发脾气了。
最后，在孩子拔最后一颗钉子的那天，他的父亲说:“孩子，你做得很好。但是你看到墙上所有的洞了吗?
即使重新粉刷，栅栏也不会和以前一样了。
同样地，当你生气地说一些刻薄的话时，你会在那个人的心里留下一道伤疤，就像铁钉钉在栅栏上一样。”