A friend once told me, ‘Count your blessings, not your problems Yana’.

I never realised how true this saying was until yesterday.

Basically, I had a horrible day yesterday. I was at work, it’s been a tough month financially and emotionally and I realised that if I want certain things to happen, I have to let a few things go. So I did and I felt so low.

Have you ever felt that way before? You want something so much but the more you’re after it the more it feels like it’s running away from you?

I felt so down the whole day but those feelings changed until I saw this and it shook me to the core

I felt like hitting myself on the head when I realised how stupid I had been. Why did I feel that I even had the right to complain when there are people living like this?

Why are we always after the perfect handbag, the perfect car, the perfect house etc when most of us are too blind to stop and cherish what we have right in front of us.

This realization became even clearer to me when I broke my fast with Rena and Nina and the three of us came to terms that we will never be happy for as long as we keep comparing ourselves to others. No one has everything, though it may seem like it, but it’s not worth making yourself miserable trying to have everything.

I felt like a burden had been lifted off my shoulders after talking to the girls. More so because Nina and Rena had always been there for me, during times when our family were too far away and all we had was each other.

I learned a great lesson yesterday, and I am so happy that this happened during Ramadhan. For as long as I am breathing, have a roof above my head, food on the table and the people I love around me, I will never complain about any shortcomings in my life.

Ever again.

Sometimes the most precious things in life are things that money cannot buy. I already have everything I need. Syukur Alhamdulillah for that.