Reminds me of the poem, Seven Ages of Man by William Shakespeare.
Parents reaching the 7th and final stage of life, which has been described as second childishness.
يا الله، قد أعياني حتّى نفسي، فماذا أقول بعد؟
O Allah, I am exhausted even from myself, what more can I say?
وإلى مَن أُسلِّم هذا القلبَ المكسورَ إلا إليك؟
To whom can I entrust this broken heart except You?
It is easy to mock doctors until someone you love is breathless, bleeding, septic, unconscious, or dying, and suddenly you don’t want a “textbook on rails.”
You want a human being who knows what to do and is willing to carry the responsibility.
AI will change medicine, but medicine was never just memorizing textbooks, it was carrying risk for another human life.
The hardest part is to see your parents ageing like that - losing streghth every passing year- & in that very moment you realize the helplessness - the endless pain in your heart which nothing can undo - you can never turn back time- so love them fully- be with them as much as you can! Cherish their presence! 🤍
@CinematicEye_ My favorite line of dialogue was when his wife told him "he doesn't even know you're his son" and he replied with " but I know he's my father"
If a father bathes his children, both laugh. If a son bathes his father, both cry.
🎥 A Separation, one of the greatest films ever made in Iranian cinema
Imām Ash-Shafii رحمه الله said:
"Nobody is safe from the tongues of people.
Even if he were to be the Prophet so pure.
If one is silent, they say he is voiceless. And if he speaks, they say he talks too much. Were he to fast and stand pray at night,
They say he's blind,
Where exactly is it raining in Hyderabad? Here the heat feels endless and even the wind arrives exhausted. A brief drizzle changes nothing. Only more humidity.