A little boy was watching his grandmother write a letter. At one point, he asked:" Are you writing a story about what we've done? Is it a story about me?"
His Grandmother stopped writing her letter and said to his grandson:"I am writing about you actually, but more important than the words is the pencil I'm using. I hope you will be like this pencil when you grow up."
Intrigued, the little boy looked at the pencil. It didn't seem very special. "But, it's just like any other pencil I've ever seen."
"That depends on how you look at things, my dear. It has five qualities which, if you manage to hang on to them, will make you a person who is always at peace with the world."
"First quality: 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 guided us according to His Will."
"Second quality: Now and then, I have to stop writing and use sharpener. That makes the pencil suffer a little, but afterwards, he's much sharpen. So you too, must learn to bear certain pains and sorrow, because the will make you a better person."
"Third quality: the pencil always allows us to use an eraser to rub out any mistakes. This means that correcting something we did is not necessarily a bad thing: It helps to keep us on the road to justice."
"Four quality: What really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So, always pay attention to what is happening inside you."
"Finally, the pencil's fifth quality: It always leaves a mark, in just the same way, you should know that everything you do in life will leave a mark, so try to be conscious of that in your action."
-Paulo Coelho's Like the Flowing River
What is this called? I only know chinese is pa zhi. *my pinyin cmi >_<* I came back for the first few days, I had been eating this till everyday my stomach pain
Currently, my house has 4 doggies. That's a lot. 
He is so cute. HAHA...I want a kitten also. Then I can see how "boy boy" and the kittens communicate. 
