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’shabits. 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’sbad 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 went 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’sattitude 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-lawone 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…
poison is in ur mind
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