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Sallam al-Tolahim al-Dah al-Dah al-Dah al-Aimine

what I mean, what I mean,

I'll give it to you to me tachine, Allahhahm al-Lah al-Lah al-Lah al-Lah al-Lah al-Lqqah al-Qibatu, al-I mean al-qibatu, al-A al-I al-I-I v. Kara Karaqah al-Ihādika al-I al-Ihādārārāmārāmāāāāāāāhāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā So as I mentioned today in the Friday reflections as we're going through these

lectures and sermons and lessons and articles and publications and this constant theme of family and use this time to reconnect with family and reconnect with those at home.

And there is this looming reality that,

well, there are a lot of people that are not

quarantined with family right now,

that are having to struggle with this all by themselves that did not have

anyone before this and don't have anyone after this that's around them to comfort

them and so the first thing I want to say is that in no way shape or form

I'm going to dismiss those feelings or claim to have some sort of a magical solution to all of this.

And the onus, the burden of dealing with loneliness should not be on those that are feeling lonely right now, but to all of us to do a better job

to make sure that we're checking up on everyone to make sure that we're doing our part to reach out to those that are struggling right now that are not locked up

with family which poses its own challenges and so the onus is on the community to do a better job of forming that structure and there are certain things that could make that even worse.

Our convert community in particular, you know, there are so many different things that could happen poverty makes

Loneliness a lot worse because in poverty there's shame

You know and so there are a lot of brothers and sisters and there shouldn't be shame but there are a lot of homeless brothers and sisters right now that are alone and have not disclosed their condition to anyone.

So loneliness has different levels and I think we have to come to terms with first and

foremost that the pandemic of loneliness precedes the pandemic of COVID-19.

And we have reached a time in which, you know,

22% of people, I believe, have expressed feelings of loneliness,

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