Tuesday, January 08, 2008

nails nails on the wall

My new unit is not so bad after all...hmm..

Want to share a story told to me by my church fren which I find it to be very meaningful.

In those Colonial times,there lived a boy named Daniel.He quarreled and fight with other people very commonly. He would get angry or unbearable of the conversation or action with others very easily. He could not pass 1 day without quarreling or fighting with others.

One day,his dad told him,"Son,you see the blank wall over there? " Daniel nodded his head.His dad continued "Everytime you quarrel or fight with someone,you hammer a nail on that wall." Daniel agrees thinking that if he could curb his temper,the wall would remain this way.

However as weeks went by,his temper got the better of him,the nails started appearing all over the blank wall. Within a week, the blank wall was so full of nails that Daniel could no more nail more nails onto it.

His father on viewing the wall advised him to pluck out 1 nail if he dont quarrel or fight with someone for a day. 2 months later the wall was free of nails.

His father told Daniel to come over to him,and said" Look,son,you have done a great jobs of not quarreling with anyone for the past 2 months. However look closer, what do you spot?"
Daniel replied"Holes,Dad".

It's just the same with friends,once you quarrel or fight over something,you can simply apologise and say we be friends again...but your relationship will not be the same again just like the HOLES in this story..