11-18-2006, 03:28 PM
Quote:A visit to an old people’s home in Makkah reveals the plight of the aged, who at the hour of their need have been forced by their children to live the rest of their days in a pitiful way. For many elderly people, an old people’s home is a death sentence handed to them by their children. Suffering from horrid illnesses, for many the thought of being abandoned by their families, and the prospect of being forgotten by society is a devastating experience...
Abandoned by Family and Forgotten by Society - Arab News newspaper, Sept 2006
Quote:Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove that splinter from your eye,' while the wooden beam is in your eye? You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye. Matthew 7:1-5