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...
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