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01-29-2007, 08:55 AM
Resentments
Resentments are some of the greatest killers of joy. They constrict our vision and turn us back on our own hurts. Ultimately, they rob us of the possibilities of growth and leave us with only a shell of what we could be.
Resentments come wrapped in different colors and varieties. Individuals who hurt us, institutions, even life itself -- all of these can provide the stuff for attitudes of well-nurtured hostility. In the end, the particular variety of the resentment may not matter that much. The spiritual and psychological results are deadly no matter what variety it takes.
The Christian message invites us to let go and experience a renewal of life. Letting go of our resentments may be a painful process, but it would be even more painful to hang on to them.
I know that my resentments cause a hemorrhaging of my vitality, and that they hurt only myself. And so I ask for the power to give them up, that I might become free and whole.
Focus Your Day
Resentments are some of the greatest killers of joy. They constrict our vision and turn us back on our own hurts. Ultimately, they rob us of the possibilities of growth and leave us with only a shell of what we could be.
Resentments come wrapped in different colors and varieties. Individuals who hurt us, institutions, even life itself -- all of these can provide the stuff for attitudes of well-nurtured hostility. In the end, the particular variety of the resentment may not matter that much. The spiritual and psychological results are deadly no matter what variety it takes.
The Christian message invites us to let go and experience a renewal of life. Letting go of our resentments may be a painful process, but it would be even more painful to hang on to them.
I know that my resentments cause a hemorrhaging of my vitality, and that they hurt only myself. And so I ask for the power to give them up, that I might become free and whole.
Focus Your Day