Naima B. Robert – Love the Ones Youre With! Advice for Muslim Families

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

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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.

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Next

time.