I am That

An inspirational parable of a pencil maker and his pencil which encourages you to know that you are a special person and only you can fulfill the purpose to which you were born to accomplish. The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box. "There are 5 things you need to know," he told the pencil, "Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be." " One : You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in Someone's hand." 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.’ " Two : You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you'll need it to become a better pencil."  L earn to bear certain pains and sorrows, because they will make you a better p...

Honesty - Seldom do we get to see honest people. When in my own motherland , the auto rickshaw walah took away my purse which had a low cost mobile, pancard and some chillar money in it couple of years ago in front of my eyes, how can I have any expectation from a foreign land , where thousands of tourists come and go daily? That is how I felt when my partner lost his wallet in Bali , where we were out on a holiday trip few months ago. Two more days to go for the return flight, hotel bills to be settled and our daily needs to met for the rest of the trip with two little kids, we were slightly disheartened that our hardearned money had gone for a toss. With no hope of  getting our wallet back, we continued to search in the crowded zoo of Bali, where we took an elephant ride 2 hours before we actually realised that we lost our wallet. All the Zen I think and speak about , had completely flown out of me. That is when the local Bali guide who was with us a...