20/01/2026
Pencil and Eraser ...
Pencil: I'm sorry ...
Eraser: For what? You didn't do anything wrong.
Pencil: You always 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.
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. Eventhough 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. :)
I found this conversation between the pencil and the eraser very inspirational. 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.
This is for all parents out there.....
17:23&24
۞ ﻭَﻗَﻀَﻰٰ ﺭَﺑُّﻚَ ﺃَﻻَّ ﺗَﻌْﺒُﺪُﻭا ﺇِﻻَّ ﺇِﻳَّﺎﻩُ ﻭَﺑِﺎﻟْﻮَاﻟِﺪَﻳْﻦِ ﺇِﺣْﺴَﺎﻧًﺎ ۚ ﺇِﻣَّﺎ ﻳَﺒْﻠُﻐَﻦَّ ﻋِﻨْﺪَﻙَ اﻟْﻜِﺒَﺮَ ﺃَﺣَﺪُﻫُﻤَﺎ ﺃَﻭْ ﻛِﻼَﻫُﻤَﺎ ﻓَﻼَ ﺗَﻘُﻞْ ﻟَﻬُﻤَﺎ ﺃُﻑٍّ ﻭَﻻَ ﺗَﻨْﻬَﺮْﻫُﻤَﺎ ﻭَﻗُﻞْ ﻟَﻬُﻤَﺎ ﻗَﻮْﻻً ﻛَﺮِﻳﻤًﺎ
Dan Tuhanmu telah perintahkan, supaya engkau tidak menyembah melainkan kepadaNya semata-mata, dan hendaklah engkau berbuat baik kepada ibu bapa. Jika salah seorang dari keduanya, atau kedua-duanya sekali, sampai kepada umur tua dalam jagaan dan peliharaanmu, maka janganlah engkau berkata kepada mereka (sebarang perkataan kasar) sekalipun perkataan "Ha", dan janganlah engkau menengking menyergah mereka, tetapi katakanlah kepada mereka perkataan yang mulia (yang bersopan santun).
ﻭَاﺧْﻔِﺾْ ﻟَﻬُﻤَﺎ ﺟَﻨَﺎﺡَ اﻟﺬُّﻝِّ ﻣِﻦَ اﻟﺮَّﺣْﻤَﺔِ ﻭَﻗُﻞْ ﺭَﺏِّ اﺭْﺣَﻤْﻬُﻤَﺎ ﻛَﻤَﺎ ﺭَﺑَّﻴَﺎﻧِﻲ ﺻَﻐِﻴﺮًا
Dan hendaklah engkau merendah diri kepada keduanya kerana belas kasihan dan kasih sayangmu, dan doakanlah (untuk mereka, dengan berkata): "Wahai Tuhanku! Cucurilah rahmat kepada mereka berdua sebagaimana mereka telah mencurahkan kasih sayangnya memelihara dan mendidikku semasa kecil."
