Friday, February 27, 2009

Lessons from the Wise

Umi,

Always do good things to people even though they do bad things to you.

Sakinah

Ok...thanks, darling. I will try to remember that.

(I found this note from my eldest (then nine) in my handbag as I was clearing it out since it already weighed like a ton, not of money, but rubbish, and lots of precious little notes from my kids I never throw away)

7 comments:

Mohd Nadzrin Wahab said...
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Mohd Nadzrin Wahab said...

Dearest Sakinah,

I pray that you never learn the truth about the world.

Your uncle Nadzrin, unfortunately, believes that you have to do good things to good people all the time, and that you do good things to bad people sometimes and punish them sometimes, because they might do worse to other people.

We need more people like you, but more, we need more people who will defend the rights of people like you, because your mother has done a good job of protecting your innonence, even at the cost of her own, dear.

We need both people like you.

Ikhlas,
Nadzrin

sherry said...

Ummi Sakinah.

I pun tumpang try to remember that!..(hati saya ni jahat...@takkan nak biar jer orang buat jahat kat saya..tidak semudah itu!!!- yang ini u tak usah try to remember lah ye.)

Snakebite said...

always do good things fullstop. some good things may appear bad sometimes.

cakapaje said...

Salam Tehsin,

That, admittedly, is a tall order for me :)

Anonymous said...

That was a sweet note from Sakinah, give her a big hugs from me ok, MK

Saya... said...

Hai...

Syukurlah dapat anak macam ni...(tak macam mak...or...maybe I did a good job?? heheh...I hope...)