A bit of wisdom

---------------------- Forwarded by Judy Hernandez/HOU/ECT on 01/24/2000
03:54 PM ---------------------------
Sandra R McNichols 01/24/2000 03:03 PM

To: Cheryl D King/HOU/ECT@ECT, Cathy L Harris/HOU/ECT@ECT, Karl
Stewart/HOU/ECT@ECT, Leslie Smith/HOU/ECT@ECT, Mark D Thorne/HOU/ECT@ECT,
Judy Hernandez/HOU/ECT@ECT, Kathleen Speer/HOU/ECT@ECT, Becky
Tlucek/HOU/ECT@ECT, Lisa Berg/HOU/ECT@ECT, Juanita Marchand/HOU/ECT@ECT,
Irene Flynn/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc: Carolyn Gilley/HOU/ECT@ECT
Subject: A bit of wisdom

< <FRIENDS
< <
< <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 a very rare jewel 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.
< <
< <"It's National Friendship Week. Show your
< <friends how much you care. Send this to everyone
< <you consider a FRIEND, even if it means sending it
< <back to the person who sent it to you. If it comes
< <back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of
< <friends.
< <
< <HAPPY FRIENDSHIP WEEK TO YOU!!!!!!
< <YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I AM HONORED!
< <
< <Now send this to every friend you have!! And to your family.
< <This was sent to me by a friend, and is now passed on to YOU.
< <
< <Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole in your fence ..