November 2025

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Dojo Student Newsletter

“People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.”

- Stephen Hawking

Testing

All Classes: November 19, 20, 21

PLEASE ATTEND IN FULL UNIFORM AND BELT

Author Unknown

A long time ago there was a boy. He was smart, talented and handsome. However, he was very selfish and his temper was so difficult, that nobody wanted to be friends with him. Often he got angry and said various hurtful things to people around him.

The boy's parents were very concerned about his bad temper. They considered what they could do and one day the father had an idea. He called his son and gave him a hammer and a bag of nails. The father said: "Every time you get angry, take a nail and drive it into that old fence as hard as you can."

The fence was very tough and the hammer was heavy, nevertheless the boy was so furious that during the first day he had driven 37 nails.

Day after day, week after week, the number of nails was gradually decreasing. After some time, the boy started to understand that holding his temper was easier than driving a nail into the fence.

After some time, there was an entire day that the boy didn't drive a single nail into the wall. He had learned how to hold back his anger.

Excited, he ran to his father to tell him of his achievement. In reply his father said: "Now every day that you are able to hold back your anger, pull out one nail."

Much time had passed. At last the boy could be proud of himself as all the nails were gone. "You did a good job, my son, but pay attention to the holes in the fence that were left from the nails. The fence will never be the same." As the boy looked at the fence, he was proud that there were no nails. However what he left were holes from the many times he got angry and hurt other people.

The same happens when you say hurtful things, as your words leave scars in their hearts like those holes in the fence. Remember, we need to treat everyone with love and respect. Sometimes, saying sorry may make the other person feel better but the hurtful things you did may never be taken away. Therefore whenever you feel selfish or angry, try not to hurt the people around you. The moment you drive the nail into the fence, you've left an everlasting mark.