Yes, it is about you. But this pencil is more important than that.
But, why? I cannot see anything special about that pencil. It's just any other pencil.
What are you writing Grandma? Is it about us? Is it about me?
That depends on how you look at things. It has five qualities which, if you manage to hang on them, will make you a person who is always at peace with the world.
Second Quality: now and then, I have to stop writing and use a sharpener. That makes the pencil suffer a little, but afterwards, he's much sharper. So you, too, must learn to bear certain pains and sorrows, because they will make you a better person.
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 guides us according to His will.
Third Quality: the pencil always allows us to use an eraser to rub out any mistakes. This means that correcting something we did not is not necessarily a bad thing; it helps to keep us on the road to justice.
Fourth 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 every action.