【小故事,大道理】The Fence-籬笆上的釘子

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     從這篇文章裡面，我至少感受到兩點：第一，人的潛力是無窮的，很多時候你認為自己做不到的事情，其實可以。就像一些看似根深蒂固的習慣，其實可以改變。第二，正如文中所說，言語的傷害有時候比身體的傷害更嚴重，這個道理誰都懂，但是文中所用的比喻真的太絕妙。

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. 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 a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us.

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中文翻譯：

從前，有一個脾氣很壞的男孩.他的爸爸給了他一袋釘子，告訴他，每次發脾氣或者跟人吵架的時候，就在院子的籬笆上釘一根。第一天，男孩釘了37根釘子。後面的幾天他學會了控制自己的脾氣，每天釘的釘子也逐漸減少了。他發現，控制自己的脾氣，實際上比釘釘子要容易的多。終於有一天，他一根釘子都沒有釘，他高興的把這件事告訴了爸爸。

爸爸說："從今以後，如果你一天都沒有發脾氣，就可以在這天拔掉一根釘子." 日子一天一天過去，最後，釘子全被拔光了。爸爸帶他來到籬笆邊上，對他說："兒子，你做得很好，可是看看籬笆上的釘子洞，這些洞永遠也不可能恢復了。就象你和一個人吵架，說了些難聽的話，你就在他心裡留下了一個傷口，像這個釘子洞一樣。插一把刀子在一個人的身體裡，再拔出來，傷口就難以癒合了。無論你怎麼道歉，傷口總是在那兒。要知道，身體上的傷口和心靈上的傷口一樣都難以恢復。你的朋友是你寶貴的財產，他們讓你開懷，讓你更勇敢。他們總是隨時傾聽你的憂傷。你需要他們的時候，他們會支持你，向你敞開心扉。"