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'm left with would be eraser shavings and memories of what I
used to have.
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