Grateful ? Should i ?

Assalamualaikum 😊

The title is controversial, isn't it ? Hehehe. The answer is YES, ABSOLUTELY! We have to always be grateful from big things even to small things. We need to always thank God for everything we have until now. We can breath, we can see, we can hear, we can feel, we still alive. Its a blessing. Not all people have those blessing.

One of my lecturer ever said that as a human, we need to always talk to God, communicate with Him, not to request something but to thank God for what we have. He also teach me to pray for each other even though we are not bestfriend, even though we are not close enough. Prayer is the cheapest gift that we can give to other and its so meaningful.

Sometimes we don't get what we want. Sometimes what we trully expect to come true suddenly destroyed by others. Sometimes the people we really want and wait for so long suddenly taken. It hurts, right ? Yes it hurts but its ok.
Its ok to not having what we want. Its ok if our expectation destroyed. Its ok too if the people we want is taken by others.

It means that those thing/people aren't meant for us. I believe, God has managed all things so well. We may not get what we want but everything we need has been given to us by God.

God's plan is always more amazing than what we have ever imagined. Whenever i am sad or disappointed, i start remembering good things that God has given to me. I stop comparing my life with others. I also stop competing with others. Why ? Because the one and only person we need to compete is ourself.

If we always comparing and competing ourself with others. We will never be grateful. We will never thank God. Its a very bad attitude. So lets try to always be grateful :) May Allah always help me, you and us to keep struggling in doing the good things in life. Aamiin :)

Wassalamualaikum :)