Pencil's Eraser...!
By Jelminrie
@Jelminrie (358)
Philippines
July 19, 2011 9:16am CST
A friend says..
Pencils are made with erasers to give you second chances but erasers on pencils were made small for you to remember that chances are limited.
How do you understand this?
My friend told me this when we are talking about relationships.
My friend and i were different when we talked about patience, I am not as patient as she is to people who are EXTREMELY RUDE. My friend is being hurt because of patience and love I think, or just mercy.
Patience is very important to people and you got to have it to give chances but when will you say the chances you gave are enough in a nice way but when will you say the your eraser are already out without hurting them that much.
4 responses
@EthanWan (42)
• China
20 Jul 11
That is a very vivid metaphor.Forgiveness just likes the eraser,the people besides us sometimes may made mistakes carelessly and they may hurt us.And we should understand them and comfort them if they appologized.After,friendship depends on the maintenance and cherish.
But,the eraser has its limitation.For the rude people who don't pay attention to other's feeling,is unnecessarily to forgive them all the time.The hurts just like the nail,even you pull it out,there will be still a hole.
@Jelminrie (358)
• Philippines
21 Jul 11
Well said, Swirlz.as you have said,humans are like pencils and eraser, that our chances should be used carefully. thanks
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@besthope44 (12123)
• India
19 Jul 11
Hi Jelminrie,Very beautifully said and its so true. Life and relationships are same. Patience is biggest weapon for any relationships, though hard to retain, but has bigger value for a happy life.
@Jelminrie (358)
• Philippines
20 Jul 11
Yeah that's true, and sometimes people or other people do not understand this, they keep hurting other people who do not deserve all this things, I am still thinking on how to manage this, I know I don't have to hurt those people who hurt others because they themselves experienced pain that's why they are passing it to others to feel the same. But the problem of that person gets bigger, I even want to sue him.:)
@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
19 Jul 11
For me my patience would really run out to those people who never valued me as a friend or even a partner and doesn't respect me at all. If my husband would cheat on me, I don't think i'll ever use the eraser to give him second chances. Trust was broken and so does respect. So i am trying to be careful not to do the same because for me in that kind of situation, erasers are not available. But that's only in my case.
In the case of friendship, i try to be a friend who can really be trusted and i really value my friends as much as my family. That's why i was told that i could easily be abused. I do give second chances but once a friend talk behind my back, that's definitely a goodbye for me. So i don't do the same to them because i don't want to use up the eraser.
@Jelminrie (358)
• Philippines
20 Jul 11
Yeah, because there are times the dirt can't just be removed by eraser alone, or pencils eraser alone, there are times everything should be renewed and reconstructed. As for my friend's guy, I pray for my courage to hold on to my patience.
