The Story of The Pencil

i started reading this book here in this college....surprisingly i TOOK like omg!!er almost 2 weeks!!! to finish a 245-paged book..hehe..erm...well, i realy wanted to read smtg to burn time..u noe la....hehe..when ure broke, u juz HAV to sit in the hostel nt moving around..wakakakakaka...! so as i was reading i found this story tht really attrated me n i really luved the way it was told! ^^ so here, i let u hav a picture of hw i actually felt when i  read the story~ ^^

tht was the book~ ^^ by Paulo Coelho~ ^^ a Brazilian author! ^^
n here is one of his writings....

The Story of The 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 be like this pencil when you grow up". Intrigue, the boy looked at the pencil. It didn't seem very special. "But it's just like any other pencil I've ever seen!" Smilingly, his grandmother replied, "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" She continued,

"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 thy will  make you a better person."

"Third quality: the pencil always allow 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 you."

"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 always leave a mark, so try to be conscious of that in your every action."

**this beautiful tale is dedicated to everyone out there hu sees life useless, a failure, problematic, n feels that every problem n conflicts always mingle around them.....

but most of all, i specially dedicate this piece of art to the following people based on wat v hav shared! ^^

1) the laughing penang "FRENCH FRIES"

2) the taiping assistant creative director!