Chapter 19

Help Your Husband to Make Progress

Humanbeingsarebynaturepotentiallyabletomakeprogress.Thelove
forattaining perfectionexistsinallofus;andwehavebeencreatedfor
achievingperfection.Everyone,atanyjobatanyageandinanycondi-
tion isabletoprogress andmature.One shouldneverbe contentwith
mereexistence,andshouldnotforgetthepurposeofcreation.Onemust
try to acquire perfection in one's own lifetime.

Eventhougheveryoneispursuingforprogress,notallaresuccessful.
Makingprogressneedshighaspirationsandagreatdealofhardwork.
Onemustpreparethegroundandremovetheobstaclesafterwhichone
musttakethenecessarystepsinthepathofprogress.Thepersonalityof
amanislargelydependentonhiswife'sdesires.Awomancanbehelp-
ful in her husband's progress as much as she could be detrimental to it.

Dearlady!whileconsideringthepossibilities,considerahigherstatus
foryourhusbandandencouragehimtoachieveit.Ifheisinterestedin
continuinghisstudiesorifhewantstoincreasehisknowledgethrough
readingandresearch, thendo not stophim.Encouragehimto achieve
hisdesires.Planyourlifeinawaythatisnotahindranceinhisprogress.
Trytoassisthimtomakeprogressthroughcreatingarelaxedandcom-
fortable atmosphere at home. If he is illiterate, encourage him and
humblyaskhimtostarthisstudiesatnightclasses.Ifheiseducated,en-
couragehimtoincreasehisknowledgebyfurtherreading.Ifheisamed-
ical doctor,make himread the medicaljournals and otherrelated art-
icles.If heis a teacher, engineeror a judge, then ask himto read the
booksandarticleswhicharerelatedtohisspecialisation.Youshouldre-
memberwhateverpositionyourhusbandholds.thereisanopportunity
for him to make progress.