A long time ago, a girl named Loveleen got married and
went to live with her husband and mother-in-law.
In a very short time, Loveleen found that she couldn’t
get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their personalities were very
different, and Loveleen was angered by many of her mother-in-law’s habits. In
addition, she criticized Li-Li constantly.
Days passed days, and weeks passed weeks. Loveleen and
her mother-in-law never stopped arguing and fighting. But what made the
situation even worse was that, according to their tradition, Loveleen had to
bow to her mother-in-law and obey her every wish. All the anger and unhappiness
in the house was causing the poor husband great distress.
Finally, Loveleen could not stand her mother-in-law’s bad
temper and dictatorship any longer, and she decided to do something about it.
Loveleen went to see her father’s good friend, Mr. Zosan,
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. zosan
thought for a while, and finally said, “Loveleen, I will help you solve your
problem, but you must listen to me and obey what I tell you.”
Loveleen said, “Yes, Mr. Zosan, I will do whatever you
tell me to do.” Mr.
zosan went into the back room, and returned in a few
minutes with a package of herbs.
He told Loveleen, “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.”
Loveleen was so happy. She thanked Mr. Zosan and hurried
home to start her plot of murdering her mother-in-law.
Weeks w ent by, months went by, and every other day,
Loveleen served the specially treated food to her mother-in-law. She remembered
what Mr. Zosan 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.
Loveleen had practiced controlling her temper so much
that she found that she almost never got mad or upset. She hadn’t had an
argument in six months with her mother-in-law, who now seemed much kinder and
easier to get along with.
The mother-in-law’s attitude toward Loveleen changed, and
she began to love Loveleen like her own daughter. She kept telling friends and
relatives that Loveleen was the best daughter-in-law one could ever find.
Loveleen and her mother-in-law were now treating each other like a real mother
and daughter.
Loveleen’s husband was very happy to see what was
happening.
One day, Loveleen came to see Mr. Zosan and asked for his
help again. She said, “Mr. Zosan, please help me to stop 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. Zosan smiled and nodded his head. “Loveleen, 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 toward her, but that has been all washed away by the love which you
gave to her.”
Moral : Make a conscious choice to see the good qualities
of the person in relationships , act it out, if necessary and gradually and
surely let time heal relationships…
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