Life lesson from a Pencil

I heard this interesting story on the Sri Sankara channel last night.

There was this guy who was manufacturing pencils. He would put best of the material to make the nice dark pencil leads and safely put them between fine soft wood and sell it. One day as he was packing a box of pencils, he asked on of the pencils, if he can give the pencil some lessons that it can remember when it is out in the world. The pencil was happy to hear what ever its creator had to say.

That man shared five life lessons that he wanted the pencil to remember,
1. The greatness of your existence is not because of you, but the person who uses you. Without him you cant write a single word. So be humble.
2. You will have tough time when your wooden cover is shaved off. But, remember it only makes you better and sharper, so you can write well. This is painful but important for you life.
3. You may be in the hands of an artist or a carpenter, but do a good job, else you will be replaced with a better pencil. So do your best whatever the circumstance is.
4. Be not afraid of your environment, it could be a hard surface like a wall or a smooth paper. Fear not of your environment.
5. What makes you is not the beautiful wooden cover and the colourful prints on it, but your inner self that makes you an excellent pencil. So be not proud of your colourful exterior but be happy about your inner soul.

Just like pencil God wants us to know the 5 life lessons,
1. Be humble
2. Life hardships are painful but essential
3. Do your best wherever you are
4. Fear not, god is there to take care of you. Do your duty.
5. It is your inner soul that makes you what you are

I loved this story....