An angry person scars everyone and injects permanent scars!

[Guest guest]

Namaste:

 

I used to wonder why the elders repeat the story of Ramayana to the

again and again. The reason is quite obvious. The leading character,

Rama embodies True Human Nature and Rama has shown that how "TRUTH"

and "Dharma" can always be maintained even when one faces adverse

situation. Rama actually did not express unpleasantness or anger even

at the worst circmstances. There are number of incidents in Ramayana

Rama demonstrated eqanimity by keeping his emotion under control.

Repetition of Ramayana and stories with high moral values can remind

us our true nature and correct our actions.

 

Let me take this opportunity to repeat a story that contains a

powerful message for controlling anger. Many times during

discussions, we fail to control our temper and express our anger

through inappropriate words in frustrations. After sometime, our

inner voice forces us to apologize and feel sorry for our hasty

action. The story below points out that every expression of

inappropriate words on others injects permanent scars that will never

disappear. Let us read the story one more time so that the moral of

this story remains permanent in our memory!

 

An angry person scars everyone and injects permanent scars!

This story is from an unknown source: There was a little boy with a

bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that

every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Then it

gradually dwindled down. The boy 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. It won't matter how many

times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there.

 

Warmest regards,

 

Ram Chandran