Secrets of a happy married life

SANTKABIRDas has very well described the secret of happy married life. He was asimplemanandhe had no formal education, and he even did not knew about his parents, his caste and creed. But he reached the heights of his life. There are very few people, who have done it. He was much against the age-old myths and rituals, and through this he did his best to take the society out of the dark shadows of life.Once a person, who was not happy with his married life, came to Sant Kabir Das. He asked Kabir Das: what is the secret of a happy married life? Sant Kabir Das said: I shall just explain this to you. After saying this he went inside his home. After a while he returned holding a thread in his hand, and tried to untangle the thread. After about two minutes or so, he called his wife and said: It is very dark here, please light a candle. The wife came and after lighting the candle went back inside quietly. The man was really amazed finding that how can the sage not see anything in sunshine, and how is his wife, who , without any comments, brought the candle and lightened it? She came again with two glasses of milk, one for the guest and one for her husband. Both of them started drinking the milk. The wife came once again and asked her husband: Is sugar alright in the milk? Kabir Said: It is alright, it is too sweet, and finished the milk. The man was once again amazed to find that the milk had no sugar and even then the sage said that it was too sweet. In fact the milk had salt that was mistakenly mixed by the wife in the milk. The man got puzzled and asked: May I go, if you can not answer my query. Kabir Das said: I have already answered your question. It is important for a family member to change oneself for the sake others. Love your wife and make your children sober. Mix affection andequality in your life, only then family life beco! mes peac eful and happy.After listening to the Saint, the man returned happily to his home. It is true that that the peace and happiness of family life depends largely on mutual affection and good behaviour.