The first time I watched Disney’s Lady and the Tramp, I was smitten. I begged my parents to get me a Cocker Spaniel with a bright blue collar and big floppy ears. I’m tellin’ you I watched that spaghetti scene at least a hundred times.
But we all know what happens next.
The Siamese cats sneak out of a picnic basket with their creepy almond eyes and slinky black tails.
They try to eat the fish and the little bird. They tip over the flower vase and spill water on the grand piano. They rip the curtains with their pointy claw, and then the most unthinkable…..
They sneak up to the baby!
That was it. At five years old, I was terrified of cats. I decided I did not like them at all, and I never, ever would. I decided they were creepy, dangerous, baby stealers, and there was no way God created these animals.
You may or may not like cats.
But there’s a really good chance you have a mother-in-law who is sneaky, unpredictable, and ungodly.
Let’s face it. We all have someone in our life who rubs us the wrong way.
But what if I told you the way you felt about this person had nothing to do with them.
Would you believe me?
The reality is that cats and mothers-in-law have a lot in common.
They’re both neutral.
Yes. Neutral.
Chances are if I asked you to find five people who love cats and five people who love your MIL, you could do it.
Am I right?
So if there are people who love your MIL and people who don’t, then is this really about her?
Spoil alert,
MIL’s are neutral until we start thinking thoughts about them.
They just go about their business doing what they do, and none of it is wrong until we think it is.
Are you with me?
If you want to hear more about this mind blowing concept, I’d love to chat.
I promise I won’t try to convince you I’m right, but if you open up your mind just a little bit bigger and allow me to help you start to believe people are neutral, your life will get
SO. MUCH. BETTER.
I know this because I did it. And you can do it too.
photo SILVIA JANSEN
