Qur'an quote and my thoughts about it

I was just reading in the Qur'an and wanted to quote some of it I really liked. This comes from Chapter 76:

"Has not man passed through a space of time when he was not anything made mention of? ... We showed him the Way. He is either appreciative, and follows it, or is ungrateful, and rejects it." And later in the same chapter, "Your effort is appreciated."

These really spoke to me right now. It did when I read through it before as well. I think this is quite philosophical. There was a point before I ever was (and everyone else). Yet here we are. We were given this guide - "the Way." I love that particular phrasing. I wish I knew Arabic so I could read this in the original language and understand it in that context. The concept of the Way is mentioned in many different philosophical backgrounds. It's mentioned in Buddhism and Taoism. In each it means something different - the context within the philosophy is different. However, they all symbolize the Ultimate Way, the way things are, the way they should be, the way they are going, in the present moment and beyond, what is going on, Nature as it is, our essence as we are, the path we're on...

I try to keep in mind being grateful for what I have and being mindful of things I'm grateful for. I think it's so important to recognize everything we can be thankful for. It's too easy to take things for granted til they are gone, and then we get upset. We can spend all our time upset if we want to or don't pay any attention to the things that are going right or well. In the context of this Qur'an quote, it seems to be pointing out that we can either take this guidance or not - this Ultimate Guidance - and if we appreciate it, we will take it and go with it. It's interesting to me, because yeah, why would someone reject this great gift? They would be ungrateful.

And how reassuring it is to hear that one's effort is appreciated. Everyone wants to hear that after a job well done. It doesn't always happen, and that's not necessarily our ultimate goal in doing anything. Plenty of people like to do a good job for the sake of doing a good job, even if no one else ever notices. But how motivating and validating and good does it feel when one IS told thanks for the good job, I appreciate what you did? It's nice. Sometimes it makes something really tough worth it, when one knows that someone did notice and did acknowledge it.

I'm not sure if it's "proper" for me to me rambling on my thoughts about quotes from the Qur'an. I'm no formal scholar on it, just putting my thoughts out there. I think it's interesting, and it helps me process what I'm getting out of it. I think with time it'll evolve. So it might be nice to be able to look back and see what I was getting out of it at this point in time. I have no idea if anyone who would read this would care to share their thoughts on it, as long as it's respectful, that's okay with me.