5 important PENCIL principles-LEAVE A MARK!

First, everything you do will always leave a mark; that is to say in life, there are four things you can't get back. The stone, after the throw. The word, after it is said. The action, after it is done. And the time, after it has passed. So be careful of what you throw, of what you speak, of what you do and of what you let pass by. Because, though your footsteps may not always be loud, your footprints leave a silent message of where your soul has travelled!

 Second, you can always correct the mistakes you make; Your 'Past' is not your pass to fail. Do not allow what happened to you minutes ago, days ago, weeks ago, months ago or years ago be the reason for you not to strive towards success for your life. Stop looking for reasons to fail or finding fault with your lacking and slacking. Your past is past, your present is present and your future is all in your hands. Yes, you may not be able to turn back the hands of time and undo the wrongs you’ve done in the past but you can surely start now and make a brand new ending. It’s not how you start but how you end and just because the past is painful doesn’t mean the future will be the same, so never allow events of the past change the course of the future. You are who you are from your past. But you will be who/what you want to be from the creation of your future, which is in your hands. The past is lessons to learn. The present is opportunity to practice those lessons and the future is time to enjoy those lessons learned and practiced.

Third, what is important is what is inside you; Ultimately, throughout your life, you become either your own worst enemy or your own very best friend. This love or hate relationship is quietly inside each of us. This relationship with yourself affects everything that you do, every thought you have and choice of actions you take or don't take, daily. It is greatly linked to how you treat and love others in your life. This relationship with yourself is always against your self progression or it is for it.

Fourth, in life you will undergo painful sharpening which will make you a better pencil. I guess if it doesn’t kill you, it makes you stronger. That is to say, you deal with whatever pain that you have by building a bridge over it with all the things that life hasn’t taken away from you. Indeed, with each tear comes a lesson that makes you wiser than before, a lesson that makes you stronger than you know, yes each tear brings you closer to your dreams.

And most important is, to be the best pencil you can be, you must allow yourself to be held and guided by the Hand that holds you. Through times of struggle and challenge, look to God; he uses these opportunities to teach and strengthen you. These challenges are great opportunities for your success as they bring out the best in you while you grow to appreciate the simplest things in life and possess the humility that God requires. A man was asked, "How can you believe in God when the world has many problems?" The man replied, "With all these problems, how can you possibly make it without God?" After you've done the best that you can do and you've spent all the passion, courage and effort you have, but things still seem out of reach, then this is the time for you to ask God if what you've tried to achieve is what He wants you to have. Because sometimes we waste our time chasing something that is not meant for us, while we ignore what God has prepared for us.

So whatever you do, always remember that we are like pencils, our true worth lies within us, we are in God's hands and he uses us, we are sharpened in life by events and situations but most importantly, we are expected to LEAVE A MARK!

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