poison in mind

POISON IN  MIND

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 anger red 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 awhile, 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 suspect 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 ha d 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 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, “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

toward 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.”

PRASHANT