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PeiWen
15-03-2004, 10:51 PM
My brother forwarded this meaningful story about friendship...read it... :wink:
Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence.
(Most importantly the last sentence.)
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.
It won't matter how many times you say I'm
sorry, the wound is still there. " A verbal
wound is as bad as a physical one.
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."
PeiWen
15-03-2004, 10:51 PM
My brother forwarded this meaningful story about friendship...read it... :wink:
Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence.
(Most importantly the last sentence.)
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.
It won't matter how many times you say I'm
sorry, the wound is still there. " A verbal
wound is as bad as a physical one.
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."
__earth
15-03-2004, 11:29 PM
you really need to stop opening new threads.
__earth
15-03-2004, 11:29 PM
you really need to stop opening new threads.
topdog
15-03-2004, 11:40 PM
i totally agree with earth...no offense, but i really don't want to see duplicates of spam i get in my inbox on this forum.
topdog
15-03-2004, 11:40 PM
i totally agree with earth...no offense, but i really don't want to see duplicates of spam i get in my inbox on this forum.
topdog
15-03-2004, 11:48 PM
to make things easier for you...how about in the future all jokes go here:
JOKES (http://www.recom.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=9144#9144)
other forwarded emails (dating tips, reflections etc) can go here:
WORDS OF WISDOM (http://www.recom.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=3797#3797)
just a suggestion...thanks...
topdog
15-03-2004, 11:48 PM
to make things easier for you...how about in the future all jokes go here:
JOKES (http://www.recom.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=9144#9144)
other forwarded emails (dating tips, reflections etc) can go here:
WORDS OF WISDOM (http://www.recom.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=3797#3797)
just a suggestion...thanks...
PeiWen
16-03-2004, 04:28 AM
sorry, as i never read this article b4, i thought it's just something meaningful, so decided to share with others..sorry for any inconveniences..
PeiWen
16-03-2004, 04:28 AM
sorry, as i never read this article b4, i thought it's just something meaningful, so decided to share with others..sorry for any inconveniences..
yes it's meaningful but you don't want to post all those meaningful stuff and then people forget about them because you post all of them in separate threads, do you? then put all those meaningful articles into one meaningful thread. I hope this post of mine is meaningful!
yes it's meaningful but you don't want to post all those meaningful stuff and then people forget about them because you post all of them in separate threads, do you? then put all those meaningful articles into one meaningful thread. I hope this post of mine is meaningful!
chenchow
16-03-2004, 06:33 AM
Yeah, I agree. It is good that you are sharing, but hope that you would stick to those few forums, or else all the threads will become too messy. Too many new threads. Hope you understand!
chenchow
16-03-2004, 06:33 AM
Yeah, I agree. It is good that you are sharing, but hope that you would stick to those few forums, or else all the threads will become too messy. Too many new threads. Hope you understand!
royston
16-03-2004, 08:22 AM
you really need to stop opening new threads.
Well... I agree with what you have said earth... I have seen Pei Wen posted quite some new threads for jokes and WoW (words of wisdom) but I found some problems here...
with this single phrase as you have posted "you really need to stop opening new threads", do you think it is sufficient to explain what you want to tell her? I mean... she may think that you are asking her to STOP posting anything in future. I know your intention, but this may cause some unnecessary communication breakdown, right?
I would suggest that in future, if we want to stop certain things, the best way is we provide the explanation + the suggestion/solution. Else, someone might get offended. Anyway, I am just voicing out something that *may* happen. Hope you don't take it personally.
topdog, thanks for your suggestion. I will open up an SIG for Jokes and WoW, good idea.
Thanks,
~ roy ~
royston
16-03-2004, 08:22 AM
you really need to stop opening new threads.
Well... I agree with what you have said earth... I have seen Pei Wen posted quite some new threads for jokes and WoW (words of wisdom) but I found some problems here...
with this single phrase as you have posted "you really need to stop opening new threads", do you think it is sufficient to explain what you want to tell her? I mean... she may think that you are asking her to STOP posting anything in future. I know your intention, but this may cause some unnecessary communication breakdown, right?
I would suggest that in future, if we want to stop certain things, the best way is we provide the explanation + the suggestion/solution. Else, someone might get offended. Anyway, I am just voicing out something that *may* happen. Hope you don't take it personally.
topdog, thanks for your suggestion. I will open up an SIG for Jokes and WoW, good idea.
Thanks,
~ roy ~
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