Honor thy father and mother

[believ3r]

I sometimes find it extremely difficult to follow this one. I wasn't abused or anything, and as far as material possessions go, my mother throws money at me (which, I am very grateful for, given how little money she has to spare). But it's just that over and over my mother has proven herself to be, well less than intelligent, and highly irreponsible. She's very childish, and thinks her age let's her look down on other people. Nothing I do is ever good enough, she still treats me horribly. Even all this this I could overlook, except her irreponsibility and irrationality affects nearly everybody in the family. She is sometimes a pain to be around, I feel I can't go to her for anything. I've tried talking to her to resolve our differences, but it's like talking to a brick. She's always 100% certain that she is right, no matter what I or anybody/everybody else says.

I'm not going to go into more detail than that, so on to the topic. How can I honor somebody who I sometimes struggle to even like?

[CeT-To]

My suggestion would be to be as humble as possible but don't think this means you agree with her or you say to her " yes mother you are right" but just stay silent. Remember most of the time a hardened heart doesn't melt by showing them their logical fallacies but rather with humble selfless love that you can show and provide them.

[believ3r]

That makes sense. Thanks.

[CeT-To]

No worries glad to help!