The snake and the theif

A thief once stole a snake from a snake-catcher, and in his folly accounted it a rich prize. The snake-catcher escaped from the bite of the snake; the man who had stolen his snake was killed by it most miserably. The snake-catcher saw him, and recognized him.

'Well, well,' he remarked. 'My snake has robbed him of life. My soul was begging and beseeching God that I might find the thief and take my snake back from him. Thanks be to God that my prayer was rejected. I supposed it to be a loss, and it turned out a gain.'

Though we may desire differently than what we have been ordained with and given in life, Allah (swt) is the Ultimate Planner, and Knows what is best and better for ourselves in the longterm. We do not know what bigger Plan Allah (swt) has made.