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AVOID NAILS ON YOUR WALLS
There was once a little boy who had a very bad temper, he was fond of fighting everybody, hurting everyone.
In his Father’s bid to help him; he gave him a bag of nails and told him that for every time he loses his temper, he should hammer a nail into the back of the wall.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the wall.
As he learns to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled.
He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive nails into the wall.
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all.
He told his father about it and the father asked him to pull out one nail for each day he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to remove all the nails.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the wall.
He said, ‘You have done well, my son, you’ve improved greatly, dealing with your temper, but look at the holes in the wall.
The wall will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave scars on the mind of people just like this one.
Once you hurt your loved ones it won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the scars will remain. That’s why it’s better not to throw tempers; those catching them are being hurt and like the holes on the wall, the scars remain forever.
Dear listener,
Be careful the way you talk to your spouse when you are angry, verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.
One wise man said, speak right, negative words will do to the mind what swords will do to the body, it hurts’’
Never speak to hurt your spouse. Control your tongue, abusive words, slanders, cutting remarks can hurt deeply. Speak only to build not to destroy.
It is wrong to say you are stupid, you are an idiot, i regret marrying you, you are my biggest problem, how i wish i didn’t marry you.
Words like these hurt longer than when it is said. In fact when apology is rendered these words are still remembered for a long time.
Be careful, even when you remove the nails the scars remain. Handle your temper rightly, don’t hurt people because you are angry, don’t hurt your spouse in anger, be in control of your emotion even if things are not going the way you expect it.
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