Think before you think/act
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Think before you think/act
“The thorns that hurt me were produced by the bush I planted.”
(Byron)
A very right thought.
What you sow sooner or later you will reap.
Many of the “thorns” that we pick, or that we make others pick, are intentional, but no one can take away your pain anymore.
I remembered a story:
Once upon a time there was a boy who had a very quick temper.
One day he received from his father a bag full of nails and a board.
His father told him to hammer a nail into the board every time he lost his temper with someone.
On the first day the boy put 37 nails in the board.
In the following days, while he was learning to control his anger, the number of nails hammered per day gradually decreased.
He found that it was less work to control his anger than having to go every day to drive nails into the wooden board…
Finally, a day came when the boy never lost his temper.
He talked to his father about his success and how he was feeling better about not blowing up on others.
The father suggested that he remove all the nails from the board and bring it to him.
The boy then brought the wooden board, without the nails, and handed it to his father.
He said, “Congratulations, my son, but one look at the holes the nails left in the board, the board will never be the same again.”
When you say things when you're angry, your words leave marks like these. You can stick a knife in someone and then pull it out. No matter how many times you apologize, the scar will still be there. Verbal aggression is just as bad as physical aggression.
Think and reflect.