I'm Sorry

The Pencil and Eraser

PENCIL
    I’m sorry

ERASER   
    For what? You didn’t do anything wrong.

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.

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.

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.

All my life, I’ve been the pencil. And it pains me to see the eraser that is my parents getting smaller and smaller each day. For I know that one day, all that I will be left with would be eraser shavings and memories of what I used to have.

How many of us actually realize all this, life is like a cycle, although a PENCIL will never be an ERASER, a son or daughter will one day be a father or mother (ie Parents), and therefore the cycle will begin. If you learn during your journey, you tend to make less mistakes. However, like it or not, with this changing world you need to adapt, learn, innovate and be creative.

Good Luck.