An Inspirational Story to improve difficult relationships
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A long time ago in China, a girl named Li-Li got married and 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 days, and weeks passed weeks. 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 the 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.
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, 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 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 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, “Mr. Huang, 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. 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 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…
Let’s start making amends.
To parents
To siblings
To friends
And many more.
To siblings
To friends
And many more.
No one has a promised tomorrow. Have a wonderful Life with no regrets!
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