ON ROACHES AND RESENTMENTS, II

[The following is a slightly reworked reprint of my post of  November 23, 2013.]

I'm of the belief that those who don't or won't believe in a Power greater than themselves have an ego problem. Happiness is all about ego reduction in depth, according to me. I'll never ace that course, but I know the right answer, and I aspire to do it. That answer, of course -- "Others...for the benefit of others." 

Here are a few of the things I've heard that help me remember that all I need do is get over myself:

• You know you're not in the now when the one you're talking to is not in the room.
• Message to be taped to the bathroom mirror: "You are looking at the problem."
• The recorded message on a friend's answering machine: "It's not them."
• Silent reminder to self about one you're resisting: "S/He may be right."
• The only way to do your inventory wrong is if you come out the victim.
• The hardest thing life is ever going to ask of you is to change your mind.

That last one is particularly important because the need is not to change our mind in order to agree with whomever we're resisting. No...for we both may be wrong. The need is to open our mind to God...to get a perspective from a higher consciousness altogether.

The fact is if we don't believe in a power greater than ourselves, by whatever name we choose to call it, we're going to be purely peeved...a lot. Ego always legislates for itself...each walking around ego is legislating for itself, and somebody is going to lose. Resentment aborning.

The only thing harder to get rid of than roaches is a resentment...don't let either in to begin with which takes our sincere cooperation with a power greater than ourselves...else roaches would have been eradicated long ago and resentments wouldn't still be our number one offender.

Thank you.