A chunk of self-reflection over the blissfulness of your life

Written by
Andre Anugrah

In the name of Allah the Most Beneficent the Most Merciful

One noteworthy quote uttered by Sydney Harris, all of a sudden, turned up on my
mind as I happened to find and peruse it probably in the last three years.
He smartly sternly warns all of us over his saying:
When I hear someone sigh, “LIFE is HARD,” I am always tempted to ask:
“COMPARED to WHAT?”
This quote to me is nothing less than a tremendously stern warning (more than just
a reminder definitely) as well as encouraging lashes which are mandatory to whip
and direct our soul and mind as they start to be led astray by a means of complaint.
Regardless who said it, the quote appears to be in line with what has been taught
by and in Islam.
In Islam, stated in the Holy Qur’an that complaining equals the so-called
Inkarunnikmat (Denying the graces and blessings of God)
Allah said in Surrah An-Nahl (18):
“and if you would count the graces of Allah, never could you be able to count
them. Truly! Allah is oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful”
In another Surrah (Ar-Rahman: 13)
“then Which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (Jinn and men) deny?”

Those two holy verses from the Holy Qur’an are absolutely sufficient to shed light
that those who sigh or love to complain are hated and blasted by Allah the Most
Powerful on account of the countless numbers of blessings or graces they have
received each day, each minute and even each second. Neither men nor Jinn nor
Allah’s other creatures deserve to sigh, if they really try to count the blessings
received compared to very few small tests or problems given.
I reckon that the people whose lives are filled with complaints or sighs are those
who are needed to be avoided. they are like toxic to themselves and to others,
poisoned and, on the same scale, poisoning. Mingling with them for some period
of time will merely make us like them, Naudzubillahi minzalik (May such never
come to pass)
Life is full of meaning and will be just be meaningless as we are solely into
complaint.
Take your time to ponder over yourself, behold what you have got in life! there is
ALWAYS something to be thankful for.
Each day I am thankful for Nights that turned into Mornings
Friends that turned into Family
Dreams that turned into Reality
and Likes that turned into Love

Bear in mind!
LIFE IS TOO PRECIOUS TO BE FILLED WITH COMPLAINT, BE
THANKFUL! AND IT IS GONNA BE MORE PRECIOUS.