Trust Me, She Loves You!
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Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatuLlah wa barakaatuh.
Trust that you're good, striving and thriving.
I learn so much from mothers, may Allah bless them and keep them happy. Today I have to gist you about an amazing mother I know, who has inspired me to do better.
‘……And she plays o, she's just sleepy’
‘She actually loves you, she just has not see you in awhile’
‘She doesn't cry a lot o ,today is just a funny day’( Just so we are clear, this is after MINUTES of me trying to get this cutie to calm down!)’
‘She smiles a lot o, she's just shy’
‘She actually sleeps but today she's more active’
These are some out of a million and one reasons that my friend can conjure up in a second in response to her baby's actions. It's both beautiful and funny at the same time. I find myself playing along as I see her struggling to make sure I don't feel bad about baby's moments while making sure she protects baby's image! It's the cutest thing ever! I honestly can't tell if baby J feels the same way, I mean she's just 6 months old! Her thoughts are probably around milk and play no?
These 'excuses' have however really made me think deeply on making excuses for people and just thinking well of others. My friend has done this, so many times, that it comes naturally to her! I don’t know how she does it! I do admire it though and it has really made me think of how tolerant I would become, If I simply made excuses for others.
I can already imagine how much extra space my heart will have , if I simply made excuses for others. I can feel the space already! The light, the goodness! Ya Allah, please make me better!
Just how I can't judge baby J,I also don't know what the people I interact with are going through. I can't tell if someone’s received the worst news before he came to my meeting or if someone is suffering and struggling to attend to me at the super market. I can't see beyond the surface and that's why, my best line of action is to think well of them and make excuses for their shortcomings.
I am setting an intention to think well of others and I am hoping you will join me too.
Task: Make a list of people you have cancelled due to assumptions, set the intention to do something nice for them and ask Allah to help you repair the relationship.
REFLECTION OF THE WEEK
Subḥān Allah; those who are together in sin, will be together in punishment as well. And we see in this Āyah that the wrongdoers become allies and friends of those who do wrong, and this is one of the greatest tribulations on an oppressor, that an oppressor, a wrongdoer, receives the help and support of other oppressors.-
Am I late to the party? I only just realized that my faves Toward’s Eternity seem to have a sister company of sorts! They have to be related ,because the interview style is the same and so are the questions, even the production style! Anyway, anyway, I have subscribed and watched 3 convert stories already! I particularly LOVED this one and I am really really trying not to drop any spoilers! Here it is and I hope you find it as beneficial as I did.
Till Next Week, Insha Allah
We leave you in Allah’s care,
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