My mother-in-law was the Thief of Peace and the Serenity Stealer.

I had to fake up a smile everytime I do toilet cleaning to take after my son's poo. I loath the noise and the sound of "orders orders orders". I know how to do it well and I do it consciously. I clean after my own poos well and hide all contaminations....

But the one thing that I loath was that my heart was always in tears and sorrow. It was always being broken a thousand times.... The mother-in-law is noisy and her daughter is also loud and has many nosy poking hands....

The Thief of Peace and the Serenity Stealer - Both of them.

Keep a respectful distance from those who would steal your peace and serenity. In your daily life, you will run into this type of person around every corner. These people are not necessarily cunning or ruthless, nor are they a real threat to your career and personal objectives, but they are eternally ANNOYING.

They operate by thriving on their own inferiority. Their actions and words are very cutting, even though people are nice to them. They also are gutless. On the one hand, they play up to the ruthless and cunning types who treat them like dirt, and yet they are mean to people who are decent and kind to them. These serenity stealers are people TO BE AVOIDED. Life put them in a place that they resent because they feel it is beneath them. To get even with life, they react by attacking those who are nice to them, while being very agreeable to those who abuse them.

They cannot help themselves; their actions are involuntary. The serenity stealers steal into your heart and confidence with their sweet, charming exteriors. But after you allow them to get close to you, they will snap at you in order to diminish you in their eyes. They try to temporarily elevate their own inner power and feel good for a moment, but are usually remorseful afterward. They can't help themselves, and so the pattern continues.

It is important NOT TO INTERACT WITH THEM in a similar manner. If you do, they will make a lifetime career of attacking you. These people are masters of "death by a thousand cuts." YOU SHOULD ALWAYS KEEP THEM AT ARM'S LENGTH. Then they will eternally respect you and solicit your friendship. They will then transfer their TROUBLESOME ENERGY to someone else. :)