A pencil maker told the pencils five important lessons:

first, everything you do will always leave a mark.
second, you can always correct the mistakes you make.
third, what is important is what is inside you.
fourth, in life you will undergo painful sharpening which will make you a better pencil.
and the 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.