On my relationship with Allah - A friend's Quote

ALLAH gave me everything I needed ....and nothing that I wanted

I asked for strength & potential to survive,
and ALLAH gave calamities to make me strong;

I asked for wisdom, intellect & enlightenment,
& ALLAH gave me the problems of others resolved;

I asked for wealth , health & prosperity;
& ALLAH gave brain & brawn to work,

I asked for ambition and courage,
& ALLAH gave me danger to overcome;

I asked for love , compassion & tranquillity,
& ALLAH gave troubled people to help;

And then I asked for elevation through favouritism,
& ALLAH gave me opportunity to achieve and gain;

I recieved nothing I wanted from ALLAH ,
ALLAH gave me everything I needed..

I loved this quote a lot - reminded me a lot of what my love said once about the difference between the things I wanted and the things I needed

I think this was more important - because if ALLAH gave me the needed qualities, what could stop me from getting the wanted ones - all the wanted ones were derivatives of the needed ones