I've been resurrecting posts from my old blog, but I feel like adding something new today. I went to my group today. (I highly recommend groups! 12 step, support, classes, whatever.) And the topic today was resentment. The quote that came to my mind was Buddha's words, "Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."
Since internalizing that quote and accepting certain realities, I don't struggle with resentment so much any more. The realities I've accepted are these:
1. I can't control what other people do or think.
2. What other people think of me is none of my business.
3. How I react to what other people do is up to me.
4. If someone is hateful and hurtful, they are probably hurting themselves. I feel more sympathy than resentment for people like that.
5. If I do get hurt or injured by someone else's actions or words, I have a lesson to learn from it.
Accepting these little nuggets of wisdom liberates me. I'm grateful for that.
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