People always said, appreciate
what you have for one day, it will perish.
You know, what we have now in our
possession are blessings given by Allah. If we were to take those blessings for
granted and we fail to cherish them, we are basically degrading ourselves in
the eyes of Allah.
Alhamdulillah, today Allah
destined for me to meet two individuals. Perhaps in the eyes of people they are
just a normal person living among many other extraordinary / well to-do people.
When I get back home, I was wondering, why Allah directed me to meet those two individuals?
And that leads me to write this entry.
Rubbish Collector
I was throwing rubbish at the
dump area when I saw a middle aged lady collecting recycle stuff from the
dustbin. She was sweating and looks tired. I handed her two glass bottles for
recycling. That’s when we started conversing and from there I get to know more
about her. From the recycle stuff, she can only make around RM10-RM30 per day. And
from that money she needs to maintain herself, her only daughter age fifteen,
to pay rent and etc. She was talking while tears dropping from her eyes. On top
of that, she’s a divorcee for almost fifteen years and has no one except her
little girl (oh btw she is Indonesian, so she doesn’t has any family in
Malaysia). During weekend, she will bring her daughter to help her collecting
recycle junks.
I felt so sad. So sad thinking
that I am living in a comfortable life yet still whining over petty matters. That
short meeting reminds me of being grateful over what I have now. At least I am
working in a comfortable office, have money for my dinner tonight, and have
family to support me in times of hardship.
67 year old Diabetic Patient
While walking back to home after
Isyak, I passed by one uncle who was trembling and nearly falling down. I know
him. Always saw him in the mosque praying on a chair. He asked me to hold him
as he was having hypoglycemia (usually happens when your blood sugar (glucose)
levels fall below the normal range). Luckily he has chocolate ready in his bag.
From there we started talking and I get to know that he had an operation to
remove part of his feet because of the diabetes. Though he is having difficulty
in walking, that does not stopping him from praying at the mosque. ‘My son ask
me to pray at home but I don’t know what to say to Allah if I don’t pray at the
Mosque’ – This is what he told me.
Again, this uncle reminds me of
being grateful. Be grateful over the blessings of health and young age. I was
comparing myself with him. He is 67, diabetic patient (both of his feet are
bandaged - I would say its look pretty bad), having difficulty in waking, yet
he tries his best to keep his prayer at the mosque. What about me – who’s still
youngand healthy? What about the rest of us?
That lady, she is no one. People don’t
really know her. She works in dirty places. But I am sure, in the eyes of
Allah, she is someone. She is known to the inhabitants of heaven – the angles. Same
goes with that uncle, he is an old man with amputated toes, not living in
luxurious life, yet in the eyes of Allah, he is VIP. Allah is watching and
recording all the steps that he took towards the Mosque. And I am sure that,
because of that, He raises this old man rank with other righteous servants,
Insha-Allah.
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