HOW DO I TELL SOMEONE WHO IS LIKE MY MOTHER THAT SHE HURTS ME?

An objective heart to heart and frank talk should help here. Demonstrate your love and respect however more from your ways with her. Show your love by the respect you voluntarily offer her, show her understanding. Show you care. Help her. Give to her by your being available, with a listening ear and with getting things done for her even if it is some household chore. Support her. This does not necessarily mean throwing money around her but just give of yourself, of your being. It is this kind of love that can have the effect of changing her or indeed anyone you treat with genuine love. Remember that what you do for another you do indeed for yourself because the fruits of all we think say or do will come back to us without fail!

Let us also bear in mind that all of us young and old are here for a time of schooling in the School of life. An interesting school. We thereby gather experiences which makes us understand the Laws of the Almighty.

In all our interactions we need to put this into consideration. With a deep understanding of the Laws, we will be able to understand why we are going through the experiences we are now compelled to go through and we will be better able to cope. We must be prayerful and seek strength to pass through without committing fresh wrongs that can later burden us.

We also need to take precaution that we do not even allow others to oppress us by being doubly watchful. Where all precautions fail, we should be contented in the knowledge that where the need is greatest the Lord's help is nearest to us. We should however avoid acts of anger, words of resentment and thoughts of hate. Even in the long run if we need to take any inevitable steps then such steps must be taken out of love.

Overall, one should never allow evil to prevail, but we must strive always to use the good in us to conquer evil.

We should draw consciously from the power that streams through us and use it only for the good. We will succeed if we remain alert and act solely out of love and not from hate.