(KW from Shizuoka Prefecture/Female/50s/Self-employed)
My husband had been a difficult person. He hadn’t got along with his mother for a long time and often had an argument with her. He sometimes targeted me to show his unpleasant feelings and I fought back, which made my whole family in a bad mood.
Our marital relation got worse when my husband succeeded his father’s business. My daughter, who turned to be a college student, said to me, “Mom, you don’t have to endure any more. It’s OK for me to leave this house.”
At that time, my friend took me to Shinji Kyōkai , and I began learning the teachings. Soon I came to realize the importance of the teachings for my life, and wanted to learn more eagerly. As I tried to put the teachings into practice, gradually my family changed. Before I knew the teachings at Shinji Kyōkai , we had been eating separately because I couldn’t enjoy meals with my husband. But now we eat together and spend more time with him like watching TV together. What is more, my husband became considerate to his mother. One day, he went to his mother’s house, saying “I have to change electric bulbs at her house.”
Now I believe if I live with the teachings more consciously, I can pass on to my daughter the goodness, such as a family where a husband and a wife, or parents and children live together in peace.