one snap and it's all gone

14 May 2009
I was busy looking for a nice skirt then voila my new blackberry curve 8900 was on the floor, face down. I looked at it, don't know what should I do, will I dropped the skirt that I'm holding or will I pick - up my phone. I chose the latter.
I checked the screen, visible broken LCD, the power is On, but no image. There's a queue in the counter, I was 6th in the line, still, I've waited. I was physically present but my mind was somewhere else. I managed to pay the bill, then went out of the store. "Badz, we need to go home, get the box of my phone and the receipt then we'll go to City Center." I said that we no emotion at all. Then she asked me "what happened?" My phone's not working, it slipped my hand. Then, smiled, "it was broken." Can you imagine? I did smile.

We got on the cab, went home, the cab waited then off to City Center. In Sharaf DG, repair will take 15 days or a month. "I only used it in a month's time, Ok, do I need to pay now?, "No, Ma'am, first, our service center will check if this can be repaired if not then we will give you a call." Imagine, no assurance! 

I was calm when it happened,  I never cried, the phone costs me Dhs2,200.00 =)

I was devastated at first, then I silently prayed, I chose to think, "what good shall I get from this badluck." It is only a material thing. Life must go on. God made me realized that my life should not revolve on earthly things. That being a prisoner of material things can lead you to destruction.

Going to BK: (I still remember)
Boss: "How was your weekend?"
I replied: "Good and bad!"
Boss: "Why is that?"
I replied: Bad because my new phone is in the service center, it slipped my hand! Good, because I realized it is only a material thing.
Boss: "That's good, never indulge with material things and you should live your life to the fullest! You can do anything you want because you're still young.

The lesson I learned is far greater than the phone itself.
I got my phone in the hospital on 11 June 2009 (service center).

~ An officemate commented this morning "material things were lost in the great flood"
~ Just a snap of God's hand then everything will dissapear. Everything belongs to Him, everything comes from above.

A wake up call for all of us.