Did you know that we are like pencils?
Here is how:
I. Like pencils, our mistakes can he corrected. Not erased.. we can't change the past...but we can rectify it.
2. Like pencils, painful sharpening serves to make us better. Our difficult times can actually sharpen our skills or shape us into the persons we were meant to be.
3. Like pencils, we can do great things when we allow ourselves to be held in Someone's hand.
4. Like pencils, we can leave our mark whenever possible. That is what we're here for -- to leave our mark. it may be in small ways. it may be in the lives of people we have touched or nurtured, but we must leave something good behind when we can.
5. Like pencils, it is what is on the inside that matters. Whether it is understanding or intolerance, love or bitterness, peace or unrest, kindness or self- centeredness, hope or despair, courage or fear, what is on the inside matters most.
Next time you use a pencil, pause and think about that little writing tool. It teaches some great lessons about living.