Gratefulness, A Journey Of Acceptance

My gratitude to have one of a kind of my friend, just call him Yudha. Despite of colleagues' friends having a good android or apple phone or some other good stuff, he still uses his old phone, brand a really  old "n*kia" that only has 12 keypads and its ability to stay 7 days without charging. He said that sometimes it was hard to catch up with some social medias nowadays and follow some new information about colleague schedules. He was using his old laptop to hack some androids so he could catch up with some news. If I said, "Why don't you change your phone? You make yourself harder". He always said, "This phone still in a good condition."

When his friends asking to have lunch in food court together he always said he was not hungry even though I knew he had no breakfast at all. Sometimes he brought "quack*r" oatmeal that simply add with only hot water so he could manage to have a proper lunch.

I am not telling his family background since it is secret, but for me, he was the one that really grateful in his economic condition right now. His family economic had collapsed since his father gave up on his business, his mother was a housewife that have 0 salary, and even his house still has a debt. From now on, he should continue his life in a different way when he used to.

My friend remembered me of an article about Abraham Lincoln (Abe), one of the greatest president of USA, "Whatever you are, be a good one." This means not only be a good for others, but also be a good one for yourself. There was the period of Abe losing her sister, Sarah. Abe was in shock. He loved his sister and would miss her terribly. But instead of becoming bitter, Abe was grateful for the years they had together. More tragedy would come to Abe's life, but he found things to be grateful for and made the most of each situation.

"It is my destiny. I should be grateful. There are much people worse than me. So I wouldn't complain," he said. That was something that I've been longing for. An acceptance to what the destiny is. Even it is cruel for us, what it would turn out to be. That might be what Stephen King said were true, "Life is like a wheel, sooner or later it always come around to where you start again."

"Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such (trial) has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until (even their) messenger and those who believed with him said," When is the help of Allah?" Unquestionably, the help of Allah is near." (Al Baqarah : 214). In Qur'an it is already said that we will get the hardship, but we should not be miserable just so you know Allah will helps us.

Referencess :

• http://aboutislam.net/shariah/prophet-muhammad/manners/how-the-prophet-expressed-gratitude-to-allah/
• https://abdurrahman.org/2010/07/07/and-it-may-be-that-you-dislike-a-thing-which-is-good-for-you-ibn-al-qayyim/
• Al-Qur'an
• http://characterfirsteducation.com/c/curriculum-detail/1960134?__v%3Afile=8dbc1ac04c464521aa3186d600e8978d