Feeling frustrated by the constant interference of your in-laws? Thinking of giving up? Just before you take that painful decision take a deep breath and view things from a different perspective.
You’ve probably done it before and you might be thinking that it can never work out but just a little more patience from you can change things for the positive .
An African Proverb goes as this:
What is hanging up cannot be reached sitting down
Make that extra effort. The joy of your marriage and the smooth relationship with your in-laws needs more from you. Not so much to what you receive from them!
Even if they appear not to appreciate you which might not be necessarily so, keep holding on! One of the languages in life that will never have a universal interpreter is the “language of in-laws.” It is a language that each and every one has to learn and not ‘fed’ is relating with their in-laws.
How about seeing that interference as a way of communication? Why don’t you try surprising them that despite all that has happened you love them? No matter how hard they may be a smiling face from a gentle and enduring heart can break a stony heart.
So don’t pack it up. It won’t make you feel better because you will miss your spouse as well.
Remember this African Proverb:
‘If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will spare yourself one hundred days of tears’.
God bless you
