The Pencil
The pencil maker took the pencil aside, just before putting it into the box."There are five things you need to know before I send you out into the world. Always remember these five things, and you'll be a great pencil.
One: You are capable of many great things, but only if you allow yourselfto be held in and guided by someone's hand.
Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you'll need it to become a better, more useful pencil.
Three: You have the ability to correct the mistakes you make. But it will require a one hundred eighty degree turnabout.
Four: The most important part of you will always be what's inside. Outward appearance does not define your value.
Five: On every surface where you are used, regardless of its condition,you must leave your mark.
The pencil understood and promised to remember.
Author Unknown
--Something to think about:We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to learn to live in the same box.
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