You Don't Need a Fortune To Be a Fortunate One.

"Someone complained about poverty to a saint. The saint said: “Would you prefer to lose your eyes and to have ten thousand dirhams?” The man replied: “No”. The saint asked, “Your ears, your hands, your feet?”. He answered, “No”. The Saint said: ‘Well, then, you have fifty thousand dirhams’ worth of his goods! Why are you complaining?"

"The Messenger (SAW) said: “Whoever rises in the morning and is in good health, secure and has the day’s food, it is as though he has the whole world.’"


"One day the Messenger (SAW) was looking at the sky. He laughed and said: “I remain astonished at the decree of God Most High with regard to the believer. If he commands a blessing, he is content that it is for his good; and if He commands an affliction, he is content that it is for his good.” That is, he suffers the latter and is grateful for the former because there is always goodness in both. And the Messenger said: “The healthy will wish at the Resurrection that their flesh had been cut away with the talons of a leather currier out of pique for seeing the many high degrees of the afflicted”."

— Al-Ghazzali on Patience and Gratitude

Point to remember:Tolerance and Patience are twins that are produced only  by having a high degree of determination.Patience primarily means not to complain to anyone other than Allah, not to let the heart feel angry with one’s fate and not to let the organs express wrath, sorrow, grief and the like in a forbidden way.