#0726 Even your parents need a reminder

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Inner Peace Be Upon You

# 0726 Peace and Blessings Every Day

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Even your parents need a reminder

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Our son Zayan is picking up words and phrases. As he is

only 13-months and this is the time where children learn the

most, we try to capitalize on the fact that we speak multiple

languages and teach it to him.

His most recent words are being able to count up to three

in farsi. He did this in front of family, and my father

said Zayan will become a great business man like me.

My sister corrected my father to say a great business man

like his father and his grandfather meaning him.

I was dismayed at what my father said next.

“No, a business man like his father. I feel like

I have not been successful.”

I was shocked at him saying this. Here was the man

that I looked up to as a role model, and who shaped me

into the person I am. Yes, my mother played a huge role

in my life as well, but as with any child, my father was

my first hero.

I was dismayed by him saying this because here you have a man

who practically brought his entire family from Afghanistan to

the United States single-handedly during the time of the cold war to ensure

his family’s safety. This didn’t just include my mother, siblings,

and myself. This included his own brothers, his own parents,

his own nephews and nieces. Just from a monetary stand

point this was huge sum of money.

His success went beyond and goes beyond the monetary sense.

My father also was my role model for how I was brought up religiously.

To be in constant remembrance of God, give to charity, and treat others

kindly. It wasn’t from what he told me. 

No.

It was from how he acted.

I learned through example. To this day when I come across people who

know my father talk about how he went out of his way to

help them.

When he made that remark it made me realize our parents are

not immune from these feelings of loss and failure. These are universal

feelings. Our parents had hopes, dreams, and goals. Most often things we as

children do not know and will not know what exactly they had to compromise

for us. They constantly sacrifice for us children in many fashions.

When my father said this, I realized that our parents

need reminding. 

Reminding of the fact that they are a success.

Reminding of the fact that we as children have noticed everything

they have done for us both in a monetary sense and more importantly

beyond that.

If you are fortunate enough to have your parents still around, remind

them of this fact today. You will be surprised at how  much they needed

to be reminded of this.

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