him, “My son, I want you to hammer a nail into our garden fence every time you need to direct your anger against something and you lose your temper.”
So the son started to follow his father’s advice. On the first day he hammered in 37 nails, but getting the nails into the fence was not easy, so he started trying to control himself when he got angry. As the days went by, he was hammering in less nails, and within weeks he was able to control himself and was able to refrain from getting angry and from hammering nails. He came to his father and told him what he had achieved. His father was happy with his efforts and said to hi “But now, my son, you have to take out a nail for every day that you do not get angry.”
The son started to take out the nails for each day that he did not get angry, until there were no nails left in the fence.
He came to his father and told him what he had achieved. His father took him to the fence and said, “My son, you have done well, but look at these holes in the fence. This fence will never be the same again.” Then he adde “When you say things in a state of anger, they leave marks like these holes on the hearts of others. You can stab a person and withdraw the knife but it doesn’t matter how many times
you say ‘I’m sorry,’ because the wound will remain.
So the son started to follow his father’s advice. On the first day he hammered in 37 nails, but getting the nails into the fence was not easy, so he started trying to control himself when he got angry. As the days went by, he was hammering in less nails, and within weeks he was able to control himself and was able to refrain from getting angry and from hammering nails. He came to his father and told him what he had achieved. His father was happy with his efforts and said to hi “But now, my son, you have to take out a nail for every day that you do not get angry.”
The son started to take out the nails for each day that he did not get angry, until there were no nails left in the fence.
He came to his father and told him what he had achieved. His father took him to the fence and said, “My son, you have done well, but look at these holes in the fence. This fence will never be the same again.” Then he adde “When you say things in a state of anger, they leave marks like these holes on the hearts of others. You can stab a person and withdraw the knife but it doesn’t matter how many times
you say ‘I’m sorry,’ because the wound will remain.
السلام عليكم لأنها قصه معبره وهادفه حبيت إني أترجمها..:
كان هناك ولد كَانَ يَفْقدُ اعصابه دائماً. أبوه أعطاَه ُكيّسُ ملئ بالمساميرِ وقالَ له , “ أبني، أُريدُك أَنْ تَطْرقَ مسمار إلى سياجِ حديقتنا كُلَّ مَرَّةٍ تَحتاجُ لتَوجيه غضبِكَ ضدّ شيء ماِ وأنت تَفْقدُ هدوءَ أعصابكَ. ”
لذا بَدأَ الأبن بإتّباع نصيحةِ أبّيه. في اليومِ الأولِ أدخلَ 37 مسمارِ، لكن ضرب المساميرِ على السياجِ لم يكن سهلَ، لذا بَدأَ بالمُحَاوَلَة للسَيْطَرَة على نفسه عندما غَضبَ. مَرّتْ الأيام ، وخلال أسابيع كَانَ قادر على السَيْطَرَة على نفسه وكَانَ قادر على الإمتِناع عن الغَضَب ومِنْ طَرَقَة المساميرِ. جاءَ إلى أبّيه ليريه الذي أنجزَه . أبوه كَانَ سعيد بجُهودِه وقال له: “ لكن الآن، إبني، أنت يَجِبُ أَنْ تَأْخذَ مسمار واحد فقط لكُلّ يوم لأنّك تعد تغضب. ”
الإبن بَدأَ أَخْذ مسمار واحد لكُلّ يوم لانه لَمْ يَغْضبْ، حتى امتلأ السياجِ بالمسامير.
جاءَ إلى أبّيه. و أَخذَه إلى السياجِ وقالَ , “ إبني، عَملتَ بشكل جيّدٍ، لكن انظر إلى هذه الفتحاتِ التي سببتها في السياجِ. هذا السياجِ لَنْ يعود كما كان . ” ثمّ أضافَ: “ عندما تَكون انتَ في حالة مِنْ غضبَ ، تترك آثارَ مثل هذه الفتحاتِ على قلوبِ الآخرين. أنت يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تَطْعنَ شخص وتَسْحبُ السكينَ لَكنَّ لا يَهْمُّ كَمْ مرّة تَقُولُ ' أَنا آسفُ، ' لأن الجرحَ سَيَبْقى]
