[valley]

I thought this was appropriate for civi deb.

My Temper ~ Unknown

When I have lost my temper
I have lost my reason, too.
I'm never proud of anything
Which angrily I do.

When I have walked in anger
And my cheeks are flaming red,
I have always uttered something
That I wish I hadn't said.

In anger I have never done
A kindly deed, or wise,
But many things for which I know
I should apologize.

In looking back across my life
And all I've lost or made,
I can't recall a single time
When fury ever paid.

[Stoner]

Val

[angelize56]

''I lose my TEMPER, but it's all over in a minute,'' said the student. ''So is the hydrogen bomb,'' I replied. ''But think of the damage it produces!~George Sweeting

Many people lose their TEMPERs merely from seeing you keep yours.~Frank Moore Colby

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy -- but he who has shown the better TEMPER.~ Samuel Butler

When you're in the right, you can afford to keep your TEMPER. When in the wrong, you can't afford to lose it.~Source Unknown

A tart TEMPER never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. ~Washington Irving

[angelize56]

The Fence

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.

~Unknown ~