Monday, March 09, 2009

[09.03.08] Dongwan’s blog: Like A Flowing River… “The Story Of The Pencil”

i read a similar aligory about the pencil and what struck me most is the 2nd quality. never thought DOngwan would come across it himself.
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A pencil 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 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 leave a mark, so try to be conscious of that in your every action.



Source: Dongwan’s Naver blog / “Like A Flowing River” by Paulo Coelho
Korean translation: Kim Dongwan (?) hahahhahahahahahha
credits: midnightgirl13@absolutshinhwa.wordpress.com

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