Naima B. Robert – Love the Ones Youre With! Advice for Muslim Families
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The speaker discusses his journey as a woman and how he has been loving and rewarding his children and role as a mother. He emphasizes the importance of love and respect for oneself and his loved ones, and encourages viewers to subscribe to the channel and share his thoughts in the comments. The speaker also mentions a goal of 20,000 subscribers and encourages viewers to reach out to him.
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Just a quick chat
about loving the ones you're with. Now
I hope you have not the if it's
your first time on this channel, well, I
would love for you to give this video
a like,
subscribe to the channel, hopefully share this with
others if you get anything out of the
content.
But really,
as I said,
it's just a short one. I haven't been
on live in here for a while and
for a few weeks, and the reason for
that is that I have come to some
realizations of my own.
If you know anything about me, if you
know anything about the content on this channel
of since the end of last year, you
will know that I myself am on a
journey just like so many of us. So
part of that journey is me having
or gaining
by Allah's grace,
a renewed,
renewed appreciation
for my children and for my role as
their mother.
And
that's why I've not been here, basically.
I've been busy with that, and, I'm really,
really happy with that. I'm very satisfied with
that. I'm very content with that.
And I just wanted to pop on here
because
I remember when I wrote my book,
4 Months 10 Days.
It's a book of poetry and prose about
the Edda period of a widow. And it's
the stuff that I wrote while I was
going through my own Edda.
And
in the introduction to that book
I state the reason why I I wrote
the book.
Why,
why should anybody who has not lost a
spouse
read about, you know, read the poetry or
the prose of somebody who has lost a
spouse. Right?
And really the reason is
because we as human beings
are so careless with our blessings.
I'm gonna say that again.
We, as human beings,
are very careless with our blessings.
It's part of our nature.
We take things for granted.
We get bored of things.
We yearn for other than what we have.
And really what I wanted to remind people
by reading the words of a woman who
was mourning the loss of her husband
was to remind
everyone
to love the ones they are with
now.
To love now.
To cherish
now.
To protect now. To respect now.
Because none of us is guaranteed.
Our husbands, our wives, our children, our parents,
none of them are guaranteed to us
to last any longer than Allah
has already decided. Right?
Unfortunately,
you know, children, these parents,
they're gonna be around.
You know,
nothing special there.
But ask any person who's lost their parents
what they wish for.
Ask anyone who's lost a spouse what they
wish for. Ask anyone who's lost a child
what they wish for.
Is to enjoy just one more day with
that parent.
Just one more day with that spouse. Just
one more day with that child.
To let that parent know that they were
loved.
To let that spouse know that they were
cherished.
To let that child know how precious they
were to you,
to be able to connect with them just
one last time.
But
some love life is that we don't get
those chances.
We don't get a second chance with the
ones we love.
And really that's this PSA, this public service
announcement, that's all that it is.
It's just to remind you to love
the one you're with. Love the ones you're
with.
Appreciate the people that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
has put in your life.
When I say appreciate
I mean
like take a moment to literally sit down
and
express gratitude. Firstly to Allah that
these people are in your life
and then express it to them.
Let them know.
Let them know how much you love them,
cherish them, respect them, want them around, are
grateful for them. Let them know through your
words and your deeds.
SubhanAllah. Sometimes I think of, you know, when
we leave this life, obviously, we we will
leave and we will embark on the next
stage of our journey. Right?
What would we leave behind?
What is it
that we will have left
our parents, our spouses, our children?
Not the physical things, not the books, not
the clothes, you know, not anything like that.
What will they carry with them?
What memories will they hold dear?
What words will they hear repeated again and
again in our voice, you know, because it's
something that we used to say to them.
What have we gifted them
for the rest of their journey?
Something to think about.
Like I said I've been busy with my,
munchkins
so I haven't been on here,
but Alhamdulillah, I wanna thank everybody for their
support with watching the videos, commenting, subscribing. Alhamdulillah,
we're almost at 20,000.
So if you have achieved, you know, if
you've re if you have benefited from these
conversations in any way, if you've benefited from
the content and you haven't subscribed, please do
subscribe. Help a sister out. We're trying to
get to 20,000 by the end of the
month. We'd love for you to be one
of the subscribers
that gets us there. And as you can
tell, I haven't been on here for a
while that's why I'm stumbling over my words.
SubhanAllah.
But I just wanted to jump on here,
do a quick live, remind everybody please please
please
what we have been blessed with is so
precious.
Don't ever make the mistake of taking it
for granted.
Love to hear your takeaways in the comments.
Feel free to share this with anybody out
there who needs to hear it and make
sure you like the video,
subscribe to the channel, and hit the notification
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do go live again.
Next
time.