{"id":1226,"date":"2011-07-19T00:48:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T04:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2011-07-19T00:52:10","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T04:52:10","slug":"turn-lemons-into-lemonade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2011\/07\/turn-lemons-into-lemonade.html","title":{"rendered":"Turn Lemons Into Lemonade!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
What Sharp Teeth You Have!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nLife sometimes brings powerful challenges that can cause you to lash out at yourself or others.<\/span>
\nKeeping you composure and sharing only positive, encouraging words is not always easy.<\/span>
\nOne of the greatest lessons is learning how to deal with your own anger and moods.<\/span>
\nA good friend shared this story with me years ago……<\/span><\/p>\n

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.\u00a0 <\/span>
\n His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, <\/span>
\n he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.\u00a0 <\/span>
\n Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger <\/span>
\n the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down.\u00a0 <\/span>
\n He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. <\/span>
\n He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out <\/span>
\n one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. <\/span>
\n The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.\u00a0 <\/span>
\n The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence.\u00a0 <\/span>
\n The fence will never be the same.\u00a0 When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.\u00a0 <\/span>You can put a knife in a man and draw it out.\u00a0 <\/span>
\n It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there.”<\/span><\/p>\n

A verbal wound can be as bad or even worse than a physical one.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Everything said should be true, not everything true should be said.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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“There is a nice way to say everything.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Your words should be used to heal, delight, inspire & prosper.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Friends are a very rare jewel indeed.\u00a0 <\/span>
\n They make you smile and encourage you to succeed;
\nthey lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always open their hearts to us.
\n<\/strong> <\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/strong>smiles,<\/span>
\n\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span>
\nThe Mega Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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