Shukr: In sickness and in health

I've written about being thankful during the hard times. Wanting to discuss that further i wanted to address pain in particular. I'm talking of physical pain mainly like you when you fall sick and are burning up or when your joints begin to ache. I once read an article about a little 7yr old girl who felt no pain. She had a condition whereby her nerve-endings were devoid of that sensation. My first reaction was wow, thats pretty cool. So i read further, this little girl had blinded her self in one eye, wears a helmet to protect her skull because she has had so many falls, has her arm and legs are in casts most of the time; has had surgeries to insert steel clips in her joints ... all because she has never felt pain; hence does not know how to prevent injury. SubhanAllah.
Change your approach to pain. Doctors will tell you most diseases are diagnosed when people experience pain or discomfort and when they dont - usually the disease reaches a terminal stage before the doctors find out. Our rabb, Allah - who loves us more than 70 mothers, has given us this sensation of pain for our own benefit and SubhanAllah even then He washes away our sins during our time of pain. Next time you have a headache or fever, dont forget to say Alhamdolillah.Inshallah, the Almighty will not only relieve you but your ranks will be raised  because Allah is THAT merciful.