The Pencil and Eraser

[bamalli]

The Pencil and Eraser
PENCIL
I'm sorry
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ERASER
For what? You didn't
do anything wrong.
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PENCIL
I'm sorry because you
get hurt because of me. Whenever I made a mistake, you're always there
to erase it. But as you make my mistakes vanish, you lose a part of
yourself. You get smaller and smaller each time.
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ERASER
That's true. But I don't really mind.
You see, I was made to do this. I was made to help you whenever you do
something wrong. Even though one day, I know I'll be gone and you'll
replace me with a new one, I'm actually happy with my job. So please,
stop worrying. I hate seeing you sad.
 
LESSON:Parents are
like the eraser whereas their children are the pencil. They're always
there for their children, cleaning up their mistakes. Sometimes along
the way, they get hurt, and become smaller / older, and eventually pass
on. Though their children will eventually find someone new (spouse), but parents are still happy with what they do for their children, and will
always hate seeing their precious ones worrying, or sad….However our
parents are getting smaller and smaller each day…One day, all that we
would be left with will be eraser shavings and memories of what we used
to have.

Allah, Most Wise admonishes us: "Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none
but Him, and that ye be kind to parents. Whether one or both of
them attain old age in thy life, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in terms of honour. And, out of kindness,
lower to them the wing of humility, and say:  My Lord! Bestow on them
thy Mercy even as they cherished me in childhood."Â ( Quran-17: 23)