OBEDIENCE AND DEVOTION TO HER HUSBAND BRING A WOMAN HAPPINESS

If the husband is not the leader in the family, the sons grow up girlish and the daughters mannish. The family gets tangled in petty problems. No mature personalities come out of such a family. For a strong and respected husband is an example to his sons and a protector to his daughters. A family where the wife rules is not held in esteem in society. In the family, let the wife be mindful of her husband's heart. Let her show obedience in its complete form. Let her not discuss her husband's faults even within herself. Let her be ashamed to frown at her husband. Let her fear spoiling her husband's mood. Let the husband's mood set the mood of the family. In such a family, order and blessing, dignity and honor are found. If the wife raises her voice, if the husband's state does not interest her, if the husband is to her a mere wallet or servant, if the wife is not afraid to disregard her husband's word or to cool his heart, there is no goodness or blessing in that family. O women! Value your husbands. Raise them up above your heads. Do not belittle them. Men, for the most part, are not petty-tongued or grudge-holding like women; in the face of a little smile and a sweet word from you, they will forgive you. Simply know how to ask forgiveness for your mistakes and how to bow your head sincerely to your husband, knowing him as your husband. All the calamities in families come from the wife's pride and impatience and her inability to apologize to her husband.