HELP FOR A TIRED MOTHER
Question—How about a mother with three children? I do get exhausted. How can friction be eliminated in family life?

ANSWER—The crux of your whole problem is revealed in your closing sentence. The work to clear up this entire situation is within yourself. In the desire for domestic harmony, you are resisting to the point of fatigue, what appears to be inharmony. The stronger your emotional response to the inharmony, the greater will be your physical weariness. Do not waste your efforts in trying to change another. Direct all your mental and spiritual powers toward freed0m for yourself. Speak your word along these lines: "I forgive everyone, even myself; no inharmonious element can obtain in my home. Everyone connected with this household is unified and identified in love, understanding, wisdom and illumination, and everyone is expressing his perfect part of the perfect Whole. I know there is a Divine Presence here, responding to my call, and I know that that Presence, I am." When the old attitudes present themselves, refuse to recognize them. Silently say: "My real home is in Divine Mind, and my home is a haven of rest, a place of peace." Watch your emotions. Eternal vigilance, positively practiced, will heal the situation, and your work and your family will be a joy to you.
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