Appreciate Your Life

You may have had a hard time. You may be going through a rough patch. You may be tired of your problems. You may feel hopeless about how life, time or people have been treating you or how you deserve better. Just be grateful. You are blessed. Appreciate what you are given. Everyone's got problems, we just look and observe those who 'look' better off than us. You may be upset about not getting what you WANT but there are people who don't seem to be getting what they NEED! Take out time to appreciate what you have. An opportunity to educate yourself, a home to live in, a comfy bed to sleep in, food to eat; list goes on and on. Every time something goes wrong, remind yourself how much rights you have! You break a glass; you have hands to hold objects, strength to pick them up, you can feel them, see them, use them.
I was discussing the welcoming Ayat of this blog "O Allah! Possessor of the kingdom, You give the kingdom to whom You will, and You take the kingdom from whom You will, and You endue with honour whom You will, and You humiliate whom You will. In Your Hand is the good. Verily, You are Able to do all things." (Surah Aal-e-Imran: 26) with my friend Rafay. I told him that the Ayat made me feel insignificant. I don't have control anything. I can't earn anything. I can't gauge how much I deserve my possessions. His perspective was more positive than mine. The Ayat made him feel significant. He is nothing yet he is so much blessed. He doesn't deserve anything yet he is provided with a lot. He is worthless yet taken care of. His needs are fulfilled, his wants are granted. We do so wrong, falter on every step, fail on occassions but still we are given so much! God loves us. Next time you think life has been unfair on you, remind yourself of the limitless favours that it has bestowed upon you.

God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.