La Tacha...

Esta es la historia de un muchachito que tenía muy mal carácter.
Su padre le dio una bolsa de clavos y le dijo que cada vez que perdiera la paciencia, debería clavar un clavo detrás de la puerta.

El primer día, el muchacho clavó 37 clavos detrás de la puerta.

Las semanas que siguieron, a medida que el aprendía a controlar su genio, clavaba cada vez menos clavos detrás de la puerta.

Descubrió que era más fácil controlar su genio que clavar clavos detrás de la puerta.

Llegó el día en que pudo controlar su carácter durante todo el día.

Después de informar a su padre, éste le sugirió que retirara un clavo cada día que lograra controlar su carácter.

Los días pasaron y el joven pudo anunciar a su padre que no quedaban más clavos para retirar de la puerta...

Su padre lo tomó de la mano y lo llevó hasta la puerta.

Le dijo: "has trabajado duro, hijo mío, pero mira todos esos hoyos en la puerta. Nunca más será la misma. Cada vez que tú pierdes la paciencia, dejas cicatrices exactamente como las que aquí ves."

Tú puedes insultar a alguien y retirar lo dicho, pero del modo como se lo digas lo devastará, y la cicatriz perdurará para siempre.

Una ofensa verbal es tan dañina como una ofensa física!!


The Nail...
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 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. It won’t matter how many
times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there. Make sure you control your temper the next time you are tempted to say something you will regret later.”

A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one and can leave irreparable damage!!