The seven qualities of a *Pencil* have been used as a guiding philosophy of one's life.

 

A young boy was watching his grandmother writing in a book. 

He asked her what she was writing.

His grandmother stopped writing and said to her grandson:
“I am writing a story, but more important than the words is the pencil I am using. 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 seen!”

“That depends on how you look at things. It has seven qualities which, if you manage to adopt, will make you a happy person who is always at peace with the world.”

 *First Quality*: You must never forget that there is a hand guiding you. 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, it is 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 right path.

 *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.

*Fifth Quality*: It always leaves a mark. 
In just the  way, you should know that everything you do in life will leave a mark, so try to be conscious of that in every action of yours. 

*Sixth Quality* : It gets shorter and shorter with use.... as is life. Make the most while it lasts.

*Seventh Quality*: It writes till the very end. 
Be useful and productive till your dying day.

*You must have read this before but still worth the read*