Some questions do not ask for an answer. They ask for reflection. Among the most repeated and powerful lines in the Holy Quran is a query that returns again and again: “Which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?” It appears repeatedly, not as repetition for emphasis alone, but almost like a pause. A mirror. A gentle interruption in human certainty, since human beings have a curious habit. We notice absence faster than presence. A delayed opportunity is remembered longer than years of ease. One disappointment often overshadows a hundred blessings. A closed door occupies more space in memory than all the doors that quietly opened before it. 

We are experts at counting what we do not have. Far less skilled at noticing what has always been there. Air, for example. Nobody wakes up in the morning and celebrates breathing. No one gathers family members to announce that oxygen arrived again today. Breathing is ordinary; of course, until it becomes difficult. Then suddenly, air becomes priceless!

Health behaves similarly. People rarely celebrate painless knees, normal eyesight, uninterrupted sleep or a steady heartbeat. These are........

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