02/03/2026
Today I was talking with my friends. All three of us have been feeling worried and upset these days. We found ourselves wondering whether we are unlucky people.
Then we remembered our parents. They lived through even harder times than we have. In the early years of their youth, a revolution happened. In the middle of the Iran–Iraq war, they fell in love. During eight years of war, they built their families and had children. After the war, they faced failure in their businesses many times because of poor governance, yet they rebuilt again and kept moving forward.
They gave us, their children, love and support. And now, in their retirement years, they must endure being far from their children and perhaps risk losing everything again.
In the end, my friends and I realized that we are actually fortunate. We must try harder to be strong. Like our parents, even in the worst circumstances, we must continue living fall in love, work, support one another with hope, effort, and empathy.
We need strength. We need resilience. And we also need patience and kindness.