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Is this my right?

Posted Nov 1st, 2008 at 02:31 PM by PSquared

I wake up, I take a shower, change clothes and run out the door to catch my train which leaves in 10 minutes and I still have to buy my parking permit! Im SO late!

I get to the city, walk to Starbucks, buy my Caramel Macchiato with double shots of espresso and then walk to work.

Im so ungrateful. I dont understand what people would give to have the type of normalcy I have in my life right now. The problems I face are NOTHING compared to what some have to go through.

This mundane life that I take for granted is a blessing! The fact that I even have a coat I can throw on the back of a chair is a blessing! The fact that I have shoes to beat up is a blessing! The fact that I have food to complain about is a blessing! The fact that I can even afford to buy Starbucks is a blessing!

Alhumdulillah, I have a family: sisters, parents and a (Mashallah) beautiful baby niece who is the center of my world (I call her Baby Kong cuz she's so tiny but isnt scared of ppl twice her size). I met someone yesterday who has no idea who their father even was. This person never knew what a family was.

I complain because I dont make enough to buy LV or Dior all the time but I do make enough to buy small luxuries for myself, Alhumdulillah. For some people, having enough shower water is a luxury yet I get upset if the water turns a little cool. I shut up as soon as I realize how shallow I must sound.

I cant imagine what life would be like without the things I have and do right now. I feel really terrible about that so I make an effort to stop wasting things, money, time, etc.

There are moments when I have to pause for a moment because Ive just realized that other people would kill to have what I have and here I am treating it like its my right. Its a privelage to be here. There is no difference between myself and another girl in Pakistan who is struggling to make ends meet...I didnt earn my place by doing something wonderful before I was born. It was Allah's decision and pure luck for me.

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	The key is to be happy with what ya have got and always be thankful to Allah ... but mostly we dont thank him for ar shoes till we see some one with no legs ...
	Posted Nov 1st, 2008 at 02:39 PM by Aliyish

	Great blog. I love the attitude of gratitude. Lots and lots of blogs here are nothing but complains. Very few like yours help us to think that we should be grateful to Allah for what we have and thank him everyday for that
	Posted Nov 1st, 2008 at 02:58 PM by TLK

	JazakAllah khair for a beautiful reminder. We do take a lot of things in life for granted (Astaghfirullah) without realizing how blessed we are. Alhamdulillah. May Allah (swt) bless us with the wisdom to be thankful for all the blessings HE has blessed us in life. Ameen.
	Posted Nov 1st, 2008 at 05:32 PM by Submission To Peace

	Ps...nice blog!....we always forget about things n relations we have in our life...n always whining about things v dont have in our lifes! ..v hardly stop to think n appreciate wat v have got!...more or less...doesnt matter...v shud always b grateful for being blessed by it from Allah.
	Posted Nov 1st, 2008 at 06:19 PM by tinker85

	Thank you! Allah created us to look out for each other and that is exactly what you're doing. Keep it up. We need more American women like you who think for others and not just themselves like "malibu" blonds who go about complaining about their pathetic little lives.
	Posted Nov 1st, 2008 at 07:24 PM by cricketplaya

	very nice, as my crude self says, millions of guys in the world will give their left nut to be in my position. We kinda get used to it and dont appreciate it as much, part of it is being insulated from the real life of others as well. when we see what challenges people face on a daily basis, then it really hits home how blessed we are.
	Posted Nov 1st, 2008 at 08:57 PM by X2

	Nice read! I like it when people are content with themselves and their life. It is so important that we thank Allah for whatever we have because there is always someone out there who is less fortunate than us! I believe happiness is all about contentment and keep trying improving one self.
	Posted Nov 1st, 2008 at 10:21 PM by CorruptAngel

I think there's a fine line between being thankful and being just proud and pompous and braggarts... i like your attitude but i think it gets hard to strike a balance, sometimes i find ppl just bragging about their looks/ the nice expensive designer stuff they have etc and it irks me but theN there are those who seem totally miserable and are always complaining even though they have pretty "decent" lives....

Posted Nov 1st, 2008 at 11:21 PM by Sara516 Sara516 is offline

i disagree, its not a fine line its a huge gulf between the two. being gratefu can be completely internal.. you dont have to go tell ppl you are grateful for your life, who yo are, what you have etc, or go into specifics ad naseum.

I can say I am grateful for my health and my career and education and all. it would be being pompous if i start going into how my program was very selective and expensive and not everyne has a chance or how friggin awesome shape I am in ..not that Ia m

but u know what U mean.

Posted Nov 1st, 2008 at 11:29 PM by X2 X2 is offline

	^ i know what you mean or you know what i mean or i know what i mean? or you know what you mean? lol.. yesyes u are right
	Posted Nov 1st, 2008 at 11:44 PM by Sara516

	I am grateful for the C i got, instead of an F (even though i COULD hvae gotten an A)
	Posted Nov 1st, 2008 at 11:45 PM by Sara516

	shabash
	Posted Nov 2nd, 2008 at 12:34 AM by X2

Quote:

I am grateful for the C i got, instead of an F (even though i COULD hvae gotten an A)

acheivements and blessings are not the same thing Sara. If you get settle down with a lower level of acheivements, its going to hurt your future ..

Given same education level, same intelligence, if you got a better opportunity to move on in life than others without then you should count as a blessing and be grateful about that .. that is all this blog is about .. I guess

Posted Nov 2nd, 2008 at 12:51 AM by TLK TLK is offline

	TLK, but that is not to say one cant be grateful for one's achievements
	Posted Nov 2nd, 2008 at 12:56 AM by X2

	Yeah, small things that seem small to us but are actually huge to someone else, opportunities others never had, even the people we've met in life. Its a beautiful thing, being blessed by Allah swt.
	Posted Nov 2nd, 2008 at 10:15 AM by PSquared

	my bells are ringing
	Posted Nov 2nd, 2008 at 12:46 PM by Lafanter

	well written, unlike many other blogs that i have read, this seemed to be real and not written by someone who blogs about fantasy world. A true representation of your day and your thoughts
	Posted Nov 7th, 2008 at 10:48 PM by Nikema

	wow, ps. This attitude is going to keep you and your family happy, I can give you a receipt for well ground confident kids.(you can collect them any time ) Plus you are going to keep ppl around you away from misery. I am going to read more of your blogs.
	Posted Aug 12th, 2009 at 08:07 PM by Monk