The Scar of Anger
The Scar of Anger:
Karthik was studying in a school. He had the habit of a bad temper. Because of this, he used to scold his friends in school.
One day, the principal complained to his father about his bad temper in the class.
His father decided to teach him a lesson. He took a bag of nails and called Karthik.
His father told him, “Whenever you lose your temper, you need to hammer a nail in the garden fence.”
The next day, after returning from school, he hammered 30 nails into the fence.
In the next few days, he began to control his anger. The number of nails he was hammering into the fence slowly decreased.
He realized that it was easier to control the anger than hammering the nails into the fence.
After a few months, the day came when Karthik did not lose his temper at all.
He told his father about that. His father said, from today onwards, whenever you control your anger, go and pull out a nail from the fence you nailed.
After a few weeks, he removed all the nails from the fence.
Father appreciated and took him to the fence and said, “Karthik, look at the holes. You cannot change it. Similarly, when you hurt people with your words, it creates a scar mark on them.
Even when you accept your fault and say sorry, the wound you created with your sayings will not go away.”
Moral of the Story:
When we are in anger, we have to control and give some time to calm ourselves.
If we react in anger, we will lose control of what we say and do. Later we will regret that.
It creates a permanent scar in our minds also.
Before reacting, think multiple times. Thinking helps us to gain control.
