Life’s a Gift…. Enjoy it….

Quiet often with the experiences that we have had, all of us detest the life that has been given to us by the Almighty. By experiences I meant, something as minor as a job problem, an issue with a loved one or something as major as a health issue.

While facing these challenges we humans, build up a defense mechanism around us that we feel will keep us safe and no longer allow anyone or anything to affect us. An example of this would be to mould oneself to be totally materialistic and not emotional etc.

I too was headed the same way until a fortnight ago when I woke up post my surgery. Attempting to check myself thoroughly in that semi conscious state to see if everything was fine, the only words that came out were “O, Allah give me good health". Trust me at that point of time good health was the only thing that mattered. The correct blink of the eye, being able to stand on your feet, the proper movement of the various joints etc was more precious than anything else on the globe.

The point I am driving here is that very often while pursuing our worldly goals, we often forget how blessed we are with gifts whose value we don’t recognize, with the gift of people who love us and who pray for us and who we hurt because of our stupid beliefs etc. All of us have had our share of life defining moments and we should take a breather and regularly revisit that moment as they help us in realizing the true value of these gifts. By doing so we will get a chance to reiterate to ourselves that “Life’s a Gift…. Enjoy it….”