The Poison

After marrying with the man she loves dearly, a young beautiful woman lived together with her mother in law. In just a short time, she realized that there were clashes and differences between them. The mother in law always managed to find flaws in almost everything that her daughter in law did.  Arguements almost took place everyday. Unfortunately, the husband could not do much to improve the situation.
The daugher in law had reached her patience limit. Day by day, revenge and anger poisoned her mind and thoughts. Thus, she went to his father's best friend who was a medicine man. She told him all about her sadness and grieved in tears. She desired him to prescribe a strong dose of poison so that she can revenge her mother in law. After a careful deep thought, the uncle smiled wisely, "I will give you the poisonous powder but you have to do it precisely as i instructed you to." The woman agreed and was willing to do anything to get her revenge.

"My dear, i wont let you use a quick reactive poison. People around you will be very suspicious of you with her sudden dying. Mix a little bit by bit into her meals. And do not forget, you have to cook the meal yourself. Just to make sure nobody will suspect you later on, you must treat your mother in law better in days to come. Treat her with love, respect and show your big heart by not arguing, just give in to her. Treat your mother in law as if she were your own mother."
The woman went home, obeyed and just like what the uncle instructed. Everyday, she spoilt her mother in law by cooking all her favorite dishes and served her with all respect and compassion. Without realizing it, four months had passed, and a big change took place. Being treated with such respect and affection, the mother in law was touched and changed her behaviour towards her. Things turned around, she started to treat her daughter in law as her own one and loved her more and more each day.

Seeing the changes in her mother in law, the daughter rushed to see the uncle, "Please uncle, give me the antidote to the poison that you gave me sometime ago. After doing what you told me, now my mother in law has treated me so well and full of love. I also start loving her. I dont want her to die from the poison that i gave her everyday."
The uncle just smiled and answered, "My dear, don't worry. The powder that i gave you was not poison at all. It actually was tonic to enhance body strength instead." She was dumb founded. "So the real poison actually is what dwells in your head, your attitudes towards your mother in law. And now all of those poisons have been wiped away by love and affection that you have showered her."

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When we start to be tolerant with those who don't always agree with us, and when we start to show love and kindness to those whom we don't always admire, we will start to see changes in them.They will eventually understand us and reciprocate with the same treatment we give them.When we shower seeds of love and kindness, we will reap love and kindness in return.To be happy in life, we should cultivate  the habit of seeing the good instead of the bad in others.We have to weed out all our negative thoughts of hatred,jealousy or revenge before they poison our mind.

"IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING,CHANGE IT.IF YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT,CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE".............MAYA ANGELOU.