Things I try to remember:
The first step in avoiding a resentment is to not respond in kind. To respond in kind to another's jibes, slights and snubs is to become the other's puppet...we detach from our sacred self and attach to the other's ego self. Or, bluntly, we become a mule for someone else's anger.
Whenever we think "I can't," substitute "I choose not to." Because we can...with God, all things are possible.
Whenever I'm feeling proud of myself...or of another, for that matter...I substitute "I am pleased." (The very word "proud," through no fault of its own, has been co-opted by ego and usually is met by resistance.)
The path to happy is through praise...the road to a head full of free is through praise...the way to a faith that works is through praise.
Praise is our welcome mat...always out, always stepped on, still welcoming.
Thank you.
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