Let me share with you a story I once read about a sick brother in a Hospital in East York, Canada. This brother had an infection in his stomach, which caused it to explode.

As a result, the Doctors had to remove half of his stomach through an operation. For 7 days, he was unable to eat or drink anything. Nutrients were provided to him by using specialized methods. During visiting hours, his family and friends told him to be patient and pray to Allah for quick recovery.

At one point, the brother made a very important statement. He said, "Now I have understood that if Allah doesn't want, we cannot eat even one grain of rice."

Subhanallaah. How right were the words of this brother?

If Allah just take away one of His blessings from us, say our stomach, there goes our ability to eat. Ok, forget about big things. Let us simply reflect on smaller things.

What if Allah takes away just our toenail? Or if we have blurry vision? What if our eye lash dropped into the eye?

Have you ever encountered how irritable it can be? What about dropping hair? Or residing hairlines? Or the pain that comes with a small splinter into our skin?

Have you ever seen the difficulty our beloved Elders in munching things? My grandfather has resorted to eating sticky rice, mash potatoe, soup, fish and porridge since he lost all his good teeth. Isn't having teeth great blessing from Allah?