"The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel." -- George Bernard Shaw
What is so important to remember is that how we react in a quarrel or to a perceived slight determines the course of the interaction in our consciousness...in our walking-around world.
I don't doubt that most of our quarrels are in our own heads. We learn to keep our mouths shut...most times. We learn to shoot a prayer for the other...most times. It's the holding on to the reason why we're doing those things that wakes us at 2:00 AM and reminds us of what we should have said. And as long as we live in an I-can-take-care-of-myself world, that will be our truth.
It is only when we learn that we can indeed take care of ourselves that we realize the downside of that...we can but not without resentment. Not without causing pain to our own psyche (for the unbeliever), to our own Soul (for the believer). The gold comes when we fully understand that believer or not, resentment will stunt our growth...mentally (I'll get crazy), spiritually (I'll get crazy all alone), physically (I'll get crazy all alone and fat into the bargain). For that is the nature of resentment.
What a great gettin' up morning it is when we know complete defeat...when we understand that we cannot just drop a resentment by saying so. That we, of our own selves, cannot let go of a resentment. That only a power beyond reason can bring us peace of mind.
Every resentment given over to love of the cause of our resentment is God's gift to us. The sooner we welcome that love, the sooner we know Its love.
Thank You.
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