Learn to adjust your likes and dislikes to those of others in your family; learn the gentle art of sacrifice and service. Bear in mind, when you react angrily against your mother-in-law, that a day will come when you too will have a daughter-in-law! Try to appreciate their points of view; they may have greater forethought, greater experience, and a greater sense of responsibility; they may know more about people and things than you, who are fresh entrants in the household. The family whom you marry is a good training ground; it is a field of spiritual practice. When you are found at fault, do not fly into a rage. Instead, examine your own conduct and discover the faults in yourselves. Self-examination is the first step to self-improvement and peace. Do not exaggerate the faults of others, but give them a wide margin and see them as small. Exaggerate yours; see them big and strive to remove them fast. Take all fault finders as your friends and well-wishers, for they give you warning signals in time.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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