Suzy Ismail – #63 AlHayy

			Monica, it's nice to see you again
as we continue to bring the divine
		

			into the daily. But understanding
how we can incorporate the 99
		

			names of Allah subhanho, Medina,
into our daily lives to improve
		

			the relationship between us and
our spouse and our children. The
		

			name that we're going to discuss
today is unhappy, which means the
		

			living.
		

			When we think of our own lives,
every day, we wake up, we look
		

			around, and we need to remind
ourselves of what our purpose is,
		

			in our marriages and in our family
lives. Oftentimes, we can lose
		

			sight of what that purpose is,
what our reason for being or
		

			reason for living, actually is. Of
course, we know that Allah
		

			subhanaw taala reminds us that he
has created each and every one of
		

			us to worship Him. And that that
worship of Allah can exist in
		

			everything we do, that can exist
in being kind to our spouse, it
		

			can exist in feeding our spouse
when they least expect it. It can
		

			exist in showing compassion and
mercy towards our children. All of
		

			these actions that we do on a
daily basis are that sometimes we
		

			have to put aside our emotions or
annoyance is in order to do bring
		

			us closer and closer to Allah
subhanaw taala, and to the purpose
		

			of why we are living. Yet
sometimes within our marriages
		

			within our relationships, we can
lose sight of that sense or that
		

			reason for being with one another
for living together. And
		

			oftentimes, we lose sight of why
we have even been brought
		

			together, why Allah subhanaw taala
has essentially brought two hearts
		

			and two souls to be with one
another, we lose sense of it
		

			because we get caught up in
feeding our own desires, in
		

			turning our thoughts to our needs,
rather than to thinking about the
		

			needs of our spouse, and to
thinking about how we can fulfill
		

			our purpose, which is getting
closer to Allah subhanho wa taala.
		

			By being there for our spouse, by
showing that compassion by showing
		

			that care by shifting the focus
from our own needs and our own
		

			wants to what we can do in the
moment, to please Allah subhanaw
		

			taala by pleasing our spouse, and
when we are caring for our
		

			children, again, losing sight of
the purpose of why we are living
		

			can lead us sometimes to getting
so wrapped up in how our children
		

			are making us feel how our spouse
is making us feel. And we get so
		

			wrapped up and consumed with our
own emotions and our own feeling
		

			that we again lose sight of how
the external view and that
		

			focusing on what we may be giving
rather than what we may be
		

			getting, can help us get closer
and closer to Allah subhanaw taala
		

			So I pray that Allah subhanaw
taala and he allows us to never
		

			forget our purpose of living
allows us to consistently be
		

			reminded of the good that can
exist within our homes and in our
		

			hearts. If we consistently keep a
love first and foremost, and our
		

			thoughts, does that come a little
higher and I look forward to
		

			speaking to you again as we
continue to bring the divine into
		

			the daily Santa Monica