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Tue, Sep 7, 2004 04:22:59 AM
letting go
posted: Tue, Sep 7, 2004 04:22:59 AM
letting go of my resentments has never been easy, but it has become easier over time. i can rationalize and justify why i should let my anger from some perceived wrong fester into a resentment and even though i know intellectually that a resentment is not healthy for me, if i do not carry it how on earth will i ever get justice. and of course justice is the most important thing.
WRONG
if i had got justice i would not be here typing this blog this morning, i would be dead , in jail or clinically insane and locked up somewhere for the rest of my existence. i got MERCY when i got the chance to recover and have been living on MERCY ever since. i got a second chance regardless of how heinous my behaviors were.
so in the spirit of forgiveness, i need to allow myself to forgive those who may or may not have wronged me as i have been forgiven by those in my life and my HIGHER POWER. because the day will comwe when once again i too need to be forgiven again, and how will i be able to accept that forgiveness if my spirit is held down by the weight of the resentments i am carrying.
WRONG
if i had got justice i would not be here typing this blog this morning, i would be dead , in jail or clinically insane and locked up somewhere for the rest of my existence. i got MERCY when i got the chance to recover and have been living on MERCY ever since. i got a second chance regardless of how heinous my behaviors were.
so in the spirit of forgiveness, i need to allow myself to forgive those who may or may not have wronged me as i have been forgiven by those in my life and my HIGHER POWER. because the day will comwe when once again i too need to be forgiven again, and how will i be able to accept that forgiveness if my spirit is held down by the weight of the resentments i am carrying.
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
Another Look!
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∞ the longer i harbor resentments, the more bitter they become, eventually poisoning me. ∞ 341 words ➥ Sunday, September 7, 2008 by: donnot
³ when i am unwilling to forgive ³ 620 words ➥ Monday, September 7, 2009 by: donnot
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‡ BUT freedom from isolation has its price: ‡ 589 words ➥ Sunday, September 7, 2014 by: donnot
± resentment ± 457 words ➥ Monday, September 7, 2015 by: donnot
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
2) The superior man ordinarily considers the left hand the most honourable
place, but in time of war the right hand. Those sharp weapons are
instruments of evil omen, and not the instruments of the superior
man;--he uses them only on the compulsion of necessity. Calm and repose
are what he prizes; victory (by force of arms) is to him undesirable.
To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of
men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will
in the kingdom.