A Turkish proverb says, “If a father bathes his children, both will laugh, and if a son bathes his father, both will cry.” Such is the painful beauty of life, where love comes full circle with time.
1.3 billion tonnes of food, about one-third of all food produced globally, is thrown away every year.
Yet over 295 million people face acute hunger, and millions of children go to bed starving.
Here’s a look at which countries are generating the most food waste
Shaytan fears your shukr more than your struggle because gratitude draws you closer to Allah and distances you from him.
Speaker: Shaykh Yasser Al Dosari
The Invisible Glass Experiment
Scientists once conducted a fascinating experiment with a pike and an aquarium.
They placed a transparent glass barrier in the middle of the tank. On one side was a large, hungry pike. On the other side swam several small fish.
As soon as the pike spotted the smaller fish, it launched itself forward to attack.
Bang! It crashed headfirst into the invisible glass and was thrown backward.
Undeterred, the pike tried again... and again. Each attempt ended the same way a painful collision. After repeated failures , its head became bruised and some of its scales were knocked loose.
Eventually, the pike gave up. It retreated to a corner of the tank, clearly frightened and defeated.
Then, the scientists quietly removed the glass barrier.
The small fish now swam freely around the entire aquarium some even passing right in front of the pike’s mouth.
But the pike never attacked again.
Even though it was starving, it refused to strike. In its mind, the invisible wall was still there.
A few days later, the pike died of starvation surrounded by abundant food it could no longer bring itself to eat.
This phenomenon is known as the Pike Effect (or Pike Syndrome).
It serves as a powerful metaphor for how repeated failures and setbacks can create invisible mental barriers that limit us long after the real obstacles have disappeared.
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