: : the pencil and the sharpener : :
there are times when ppl say i give good advice. yeah! i give good advise to ppl but to myself i give terible ideas. i m now shity mood. but for the benefits of those who reads my blog, i wanna share with you something that i've read about. the story of the pencil and the sharpener.
once there was this guy. he went thru many many suffering and misery. one day he cracked and wanted to kill himself. when he was about to kill himself, he saw this old man. the old man ask him y he wanted to die..yada yada yada.... then the old man ask him to imagine himself as a pencil. "at first when you write, your end is well pointed, enough to tear the paper. you can draw at any pace and the writing is easy'' the old man said.
they guy nodded.
"but then the point becomes blunt and the writing is not as good as you would like it to be. you are worn out" the old man said again. " what will u do? you will sharpen it with a sharpener!"
it needs sharpening to get it back into the initial form. it cannot be done without pain. as the pencil passes through the blades of the sharpener, shaving away some wood. the pencil is sharp again.
humans are like that too. we must endure suffering to get back into our initial form.
i find this story has a msg. i duno how applicable it is. but then this is the story.
once there was this guy. he went thru many many suffering and misery. one day he cracked and wanted to kill himself. when he was about to kill himself, he saw this old man. the old man ask him y he wanted to die..yada yada yada.... then the old man ask him to imagine himself as a pencil. "at first when you write, your end is well pointed, enough to tear the paper. you can draw at any pace and the writing is easy'' the old man said.
they guy nodded.
"but then the point becomes blunt and the writing is not as good as you would like it to be. you are worn out" the old man said again. " what will u do? you will sharpen it with a sharpener!"
it needs sharpening to get it back into the initial form. it cannot be done without pain. as the pencil passes through the blades of the sharpener, shaving away some wood. the pencil is sharp again.
humans are like that too. we must endure suffering to get back into our initial form.
i find this story has a msg. i duno how applicable it is. but then this is the story.
posted by aylwin at 9:52 AM
4 Comments:
acceptable :)
thanks man
Msg received and interpreted as :-
We cannot remain in the same state forever. One must be flexible and ready to change to any environment, anytime, anywhere.
haha.. cool cool
anyway, thx for the story. I think it helped brian lots.
like what u said b4, we can never run away from pain. So be prepare to endure it!
Ouch...arrggh...issshhh ...yeeeooowww!! ooof!..argh!! warghh!! waaaarrghh! mmm!! grzztt! insshhh! warghh!
thats wat u get wen u walking towards da bar of a gay club
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