10.26.06
Count your blessings
Last night I was watching a program on TLC. It was called ‘The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off’. SubhanAllaah, my heart hurt for this man who died at the age of 36 after a life-long struggle with a rare disease. I hope that he never heard about Islaam (which is highly unlikely nowadays) because he was too busy with his disease. InshaAllaah, maybe he will be given another chance due to his ignorance. I asked myself….what would I do if during my pregnancy I discovered my child would have a severe disease/disability/disorder, etc? Of course I, like most Muslims, hate abortion but maybe it is an act of mercy in this case? But on the other hand, Allaah does what is best and who are we to take a life? Allaahu Alam. May Allaah never give us a trial as complicated as this, Ameen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_KennedyÂ
 Watching Jonny Kennedy’s story reminded me of Novemthree’s life. I watched his life story about a year ago and I could not contain my tears. I was filled with so much compassion for this child. I grew to love him during that 1-2 hour special and inshaAllaah he is in Jannah since he died when he was a child. Novemthree had a face eating tumor. subhanAllaah, I just can’t imagine his life. It seems as if the children who go through the tougher trials are the most patient. We could learn a thing or two from them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novemthree
I was also watching something about Micheal J. Fox (someone that all the news channels are talking about). I know that Allaah gives us trials that match our ability to deal with them and nothing more, but I still think about how I would ever be able to handle diseases. Of course we take things one at a time and we deal with life…all of us. I wouldn’t have been able to say 6 years ago that I could have dealt with any of the stuff that has happened since then.
 Anywho, back to the title of this entry. Whenever I watch these types of shows, I admit that I am ashamed of myself. I am so ashamed that I have the nerve to even complain about trivial things. We humans are so ungrateful to our Creator. Allaah has blessed us so much and we hardly ever take out the time to thank Him. As I wrote in my journal once, no matter how many difficulties we have, there is someone out there who is having more hardships than us. Who is at the bottom of the chain you may ask? No one. The person we deem to be at the bottom of the chain may think that we are the people who have it worst in life. But we all need to count our blessings before we start complaining (I say this to myself first and foremost. In fact, I say this to myself soley for now but I decided to share this with you all).
