Once upon a time there lived a very hot-tempered and unrestrained young man. And then one day his father gave him a bag of nails and ordered him to drive one nail into the fence post every time he did not control his anger.
On the first day there were several dozen nails in the pillar. The next week he learned to control his anger, and every day the number of nails hammered into the pillar began to decrease. The young man realized that it was easier to control his temperament than to drive nails.
Finally the day came when he never lost his temper. He told his father about this and he said that this time every day, when his son manages to restrain himself, he can pull out one nail from the pillar.
Time passed, and the day came when he could tell his father that there was not a single nail left in the pillar. Then the father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence:
“You did a good job, but do you see how many holes there are in the pillar?” He will never be the same again. When you say something evil to a person, he is left with the same scar as these holes. And no matter how many times you apologize after this, the scar will remain.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru