The circle of life is like this: you are born, you grow, you grow old and in the end you die. As we grow older, we are unaware of the sacrifices our parents make to make us happy and content children. When we become parents ourselves, only then do we begin to understand them better. As we get older, they get older. Then we are the ones who should take care of them, just as they took care of us when we were little children.
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Read the following short story.
The event takes place in a living room, where an 80 year old father and his 45 year old son are sitting on the couch. At that moment a crow stands at the window. The father asks the son what it is, to which the son replies that it is a crow. After a few seconds, the father asked again what it was, this time the son a little more arrogantly, but still calmly answered that it was a crow. A few minutes later, the father asked his son again what it was. The son replied a little more nervously that he had just told him that it was a crow. The father asked his son for the fourth time what it was. This time, visibly nervous, in a loud and arrogant tone, he said to him: I just told you that it is a crow, I have already told you 3 times that it is a crow, can you not understand so much, so you ask me again? It is a CROW, it is a CROW !!!
Shortly afterwards, the father went to get something and returned with an album in his hands. He told his son to take the album and review it. The album contained pictures and stories written by his father from the moment he was born. A situation similar to that of a while ago was written on one of the pages. His father describes sitting with his son in the living room when he was little and a crow flew to their window. His son asked him exactly 23 times what it was and exactly 23 times he answered that it was a crow. The father describes that he did not feel annoyed and never answered his child in an arrogant and loud tone, but after each question he answered calmly.
The old father asked the same question to his son only 4 times and he did not have the patience to answer it, while when he was a child he asked the same question to his father exactly 23 times, and the father answered it every time in the same calm tone.
Remember that you were once a child and that you were boring and restless and disobedient. Your parents may have punished you, but you have always felt their love and care. Although their patience was running out with each of your new nonsense, they did not lose their patience. They sacrificed for you, even when they were exhausted after a hard day, listening to you and answering all your stupid questions. Your parents, even though they are old, are still your parents and will always be. Just as they were patient in answering your stupid questions, so should you be patient when they grow old. You should show the same understanding, love and care to them. You should treat them with the same respect, attention and love as they treated you. And do not forget that one day when they are gone you will regret it, but then you will not be able to fix anything. Appreciate and love them while they are alive and be kind to them just as they were to you.
