Skip to main content

The Story of a Pencil...



A boy was watching his grandmother write a letter.

At one point, he asked:

“Are you writing a story about what we’ve done? Is it a story about me?"

His grandmother stopped writing her letter and said to her grandson:

“ I am writing about you ,actually, but more important than the words is the pencil I ‘m using . I hope you will like this pencil when you grow up”

Intrigued, the boy looked at the pencil. It didn’t seem very special.

“But it’s just like any other pencil I have ever seen”.

“That depends on how you look at things. It has five qualities which, if you manage to hang on to them, will make you a person who is always at peace with the world ."

‘First Quality: you are capable of great things, but you must never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps. We call that hand God, and he always guides us according to his will.

‘Second quality : now and then, I have to stop writing and use a sharpener . that makes the pencil suffer a little, but afterwards, he’s much sharper. So you , too, must learn to bear certain pains and sorrows, because they will make you a better person.

‘Third Quality: the pencil always allows us to use an eraser to rub out any mistakes. This means that correcting something we did is not necessarily a bad thing; It helps to keep us on the road to justice.

‘Fourth Quality: what really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So always pay attention to what is happening inside

‘Finally, the pencil’s fifth quality: It always leaves a mark. In just the same way you should know that everything you do in life will leave a mark, so try to be conscious of that in your every action.’



Its a story from Paulo Cohelho, in his "Like the Flowing River" - Thoughts and reflections
I found this so interesting and that is what is true life...

I managed to get an apt picture for this story...




Comments

Popular posts from this blog

aegan ...mission continues...

தீபாவளிக்கு எந்த படம் release....ajith film..ok lets count on this.. ஏ gun வச்சிருக்கேன்....கிட்ட வந்தா சுட்டுருவேன்...[ajith style la..].. I expected this dialouge. :( for my disappointment its was not there... debut direction from raju sundaram....so decided to book a matinee in sangam cinemas thru internet...jus for 75 rs..[luckily we dinnot book in Mayajaal..it wud have been a heavy toll on our purses..U'll find why we were lucky....] after much hype..in box office...and media..the expectations are too high for the film not on par.. ஏகன்..மொத்ததுல ஒரு லொள்ளு சபா பார்த்த feeling... 'aegan mission continues' ....this is the end..of the film... we don't want this to happen again...pls director... இந்த மாதிரி mission எல்லாம் தமிழ் படத்துக்கு வேண்டாமே.. It was not like a first day film ....we had to cheer up most of the Ajith fans .. action packed comedy film..thats the feel before u see the film.....camera was sleeping all the time...I donno when the tamil cinema cr...

வேஷம்

வேஷம் போட்டுக்கொண்டு கோஷம் போடும் சில மனிதர்களை இந்த தேசம் இன்னும் நம்பிக்கொண்டு தான் இருக்கிறது!!!!

how is it to be in a battle...

how is it to be in a 'battle' January 7th 1959, Large throngs of people gather to cheer the victory march of Fidel and Che on the 'streets' of Havana , capital of Cuba commemorating the victory of their great "REVOLUTION".. the same day after 50 years..the 53000 employees of a numero 4 SW Giant of India shocked from the "REVELATION" of their ex-boss about the balance sheet.. the 'streets' of BSE and the NSE seemed so narrow for the investors...with questions against India Inc's survival of the fittest.. the two events making different effects though... One against a capitalist regime which paved way for the success of socialism and the other a clear struggle of an one man army against growing globalization pressures the 'truth' ....yet to be unfolded.... How does it feel as an employee of the great organization,which was on the media months ago for its excellence in service and governance and now bei...