Steem Cartoon : The Wisdom of the Hammer & Nail

(If this resonate and hit a chord, it is meant to be so and hopefully we all learn a lesson and make our community a better place for all)

There was once a boy. He gets angry when things don't go his way. In other words he is a bully and he is angry all the time. He bullies everyone. If he meet ants, he will stomp them. If he sees a grasshopper he will pull off its legs, if he sees a little girl with a teddy bear he will take away that teddy bear. He loves to shout,

'Do as I say!'

He is angry all the time...he walks around fuming and he does not have many friends. But his anger doesn't always take him places.

He was very angry when he met Brutus, and he said, 'Call me boss'. Brutus didn't bother about him and gave him a punch in the face. Looks like not everyone submits to his anger and bullying ways.

He bumped into the village headman one day. Here you go boy, each time you get angry because people don't listen to you or comply with your demands take this nail and hammer and hammer on the wooden fence. He didn't understand why.

He hammered the nail into the fence with fury. He vented his anger. How dare you disobey my order? How dare you defy me? How dare you refuse to acknowledge me? How dare you refuse to call me your superior? Various angry words were said and he continued for several days...

He realised that he could not sustain his anger. By the 7th day, he lost most of his anger because it has been transferred to the fence. The fence became his punching bag. He took the hammer and the balance bag of nails and returned it to the wise old man.

'I learnt my lesson. I will repent and change my bossy ways. I shouldn't impose on people because it makes me nasty and not likeable. I want to be likeable like @orangila or @abgmie'. He said. He was remorseful.

The old man now said,

Now time for you to remove the nails

He got a shock. You meant there is the part to undo? I thought the lesson is over. Remove the nails and see the marks that was left by your anger and actions. The action of removing the nails was in fact tougher than the embedding the nails.

He took more than the days he took to hammer the nails. He realised his actions. The things that he has done thus far has caused hurt and anger to many. He understood the lesson. It is not just about him repenting his ways. The things he had done in the past has consequences and some scars has become too deep and will always remain.

I love to share this story because I resonate with this story. I could have accidentally been that boy without realising and when I realise I try to remove that nail but I know that the scar and damage is sometimes done. There are many people around me that stood strong beside me and helped me in this community from the days when I first started and believed in my vision. You know who you are.

You stood by me through thick and thin and if there is any rain or storm we will brave it together. That is why we have our comunnity of #steem-cartoon. You showed me fullest support in #steem-cartoon and you are now showing the same support for #steem-music and you know we are behind you without flinching.

There were times you stood out not for yourself but for us and we appreciate it. I always hope that people see behind childish actions and senseless hammering of nails because of anger. I also like how you move to support other communities and you had included us. Trust us that we do not budge in our stand and we counted on you when noone even realised our existence.

This shoutout goes out to #teammalaysia babes. Good initiative. I am all for community building. It is about awareness, humility, it is bout the minnows, it is about believing in the cause. The upvotes will come naturally.

People who wants to know more about law there is an opportunity to hear it from @perennial. People who love music can hear it from @zhusatriani and @calebleejl. These awesome people are the ones who will make a real difference to the communities that they are in. Salute guys. I am sure if you read their posts, they don't benefit from strong upvotes and they do live through a few cents of upvotes but they keep moving on. That is the character that makes the man. That is the character that I admire.

credit to @zomagic