You Got To Have Heart...

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Hello mylotters!! Happy Tuesday to you all. I've been struggling with that old phrase, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Now, this is all fine and dandy if the person feels the same. But what about those people that take advantage of people who will help you out, will give you something that you need, etc.? I've been struggling with this because of my mother-in-law. I use to help her out in mowing, picking weeds out of her garden, watching her dog. Most of the time I just did this, she wouldn't have to ask. Now for some reason, she HATES me, tells her son (my husband) that I am mean and spiteful. We recently split the 3 acres up and before we split the acres up, I would do most of the mowing. I even was going to mow her part, but she told my husband she didn't want me to mow, because I would mow over her plant, because I'm spiteful. Well, if she would keep the weeds away from her plants, because one time I made the mistake of mowing down her tomatoes because the weeds were covering them. Also I told her to mark what you don't want me to get too close to. She even when she had her riding lawn mower wiped out a row of her plants. So it happens some times. In our service in church this Sunday the pastor was talking about a person having heart. God made us all with "heart." It's all up to us in how we show/wear our heart. So, even though I have heart, when I do something for someone I wan them to have "heart" to appreciate all that I do for them and for them to reciprocate it back. I feel with the mother-in-law when I just automatically do things for her, I'm enabling her, she just thinks I will always do things for her, because I have always done it for her in the past. So from now on with the mother-in-law I'm not helping her. It will be hard for me, not helping her, but I would just be enabling her and she will keep belittling me and I don't need that stress. Have you ever struggled with not helping some one because hey didn't have a "heart" like you? ~Peace~