I read this from Paulo Coelho's Like the Flowing River. My favourite author never fails to inspire me. =)
Once upon a time, a grandmother told her grandson,
"I hope you will be 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've ever seen!"
"That depends on how you look at things. It has 5 qualities that 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 always a hand guiding your steps We call that hand of God, and He always guide 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 is much sharper. So you, too, must learn to bear certain pain and sorrows, because they will make you a better person."
"Third quality: The pencil always allow us to rub out any mistakes. This means correcting something we did isn't necessarily a bad thing; it helps to keep us on the road to justice."
"Four 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 you."
"Finally, the pencil's fifth quality: it always leave a mark. In the same way, you should know that everything you do in life will leave a mark, so try to be concious of your every action."
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