How You Treat People Means A Lot
MARRIAGE TIPS:
LETS TAKE A BREAK AND READ THIS STORY AND DRAW OUT SOME HELPFUL ANALYSIS...for ourselves
The mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship is one of the most
interesting relationships in marriage and family life. These two people
can be the best of friends or the worst of enemies. For the
daughter-in-law, it could be like gaining a second mother or it could be
entering a relationship filled with tension and jealousy.
This
story is a MUST read for every woman who has a son and hope for him to
get married someday, and for the ladies hoping to get married too
someday.
REMEMBER, EVERY MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS ONCE A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
A long time ago in China, a girl named Li-Li got married & went to
live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Li-Li
found that she couldn't get along with her
mother-in-law at all.
Their personalities were very different, and Li-Li was angered by many
of her mother-in-law' s habits. In addition, she criticized Li-Li
constantly. Days passed, and weeks passed. Li-Li and her mother-in-law
never stopped arguing and fighting. But what made the situation even
worse was that, according to ancient Chinese tradition, Li-Li had to bow
to her mother-in-law and obey her every wish. All the anger and
unhappiness in the house was causing Li-Li's > poor husband great
distress.
Finally, Li-Li could not stand her mother-in-law' s bad
temper and dictatorship any longer, and she decided to do something
about it! Li-Li went to see her father's good friend, Mr. Huang, who
sold herbs. She told him the situation and asked if he would give her
some poison so that she could solve the problem once and for all.
Mr. Huang thought for a while, and finally said, 'Li-Li, I will help
you solve your problem, but you must listen to me and obey what I tell
you.' Li-Li said, 'Yes, Mr. Huang, I will do whatever you tell me to do.
'Mr. Huang went into the back room, and returned in a few minutes with a
package of herbs. He told Li-Li, 'You can't use a quick-acting poison
to get rid of your mother-in-law, because that would cause
people to become suspicious.
Therefore, I have given you a number of herbs that will slowly build up
poison in her body. Every other day prepare some delicious meal and put
a little of these herbs in her serving. Now, in order to make sure that
nobody suspects you, when she dies, you must be very careful to act
very friendly towards her. 'Don't argue with her, obey her every wish,
and treat her like a queen.' Li-Li was so happy. She
thanked Mr.
Huang and hurried home to start her plot of murdering her mother-in-law.
Weeks went by, and months went by, and every other day, Li-Li served
the specially treated food to her mother-in-law. She remembered what Mr.
Huang had said about avoiding suspicion, so she controlled her temper,
obeyed her mother-in-law, and treated her like her own mother.
After six months had passed, the whole household had changed. Li-Li had
practiced controlling her temper so much that she found that she almost
never got mad or upset. She hadn't had an argument with her
mother-in-law in six months because she now seemed much kinder and
easier to get along with.
The mother-in-law' s attitude towards Li-Li changed, and
she began to love Li-Li like her own daughter. She kept telling friends
and relatives that Li-Li was the best daughter-in- law one could ever
find. Li-Li and her mother-in-law were now treating each other like a
real mother and daughter. Li-Li's husband was very happy to see what was
happening. One day, Li-Li came to see Mr. Huang and asked for his help
again She said,' Dear Mr. Huang, please help me to keep the poison from
killing my mother-in-law.
She's changed into such a nice woman, and I love her like my own mother. I do not want her to die because of the
poison I gave her.'
Mr. Huang smiled and nodded his head. 'Li-Li, there's nothing to worry
about. I never gave you any poison. The herbs I gave you were vitamins
to improve her health. The only poison was in your mind and your
attitude towards her, but that has been all washed away by the love
which you gave to her.'
HAVE YOU REALIZED that how you treat
others is exactly how they will treat you? There is a wise Chinese
saying: 'the person who loves others will also be loved in return. 'God
might be trying to work in another person's life through
Taken from www.talkwithcera.com
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