"If we are resentful, we will be resented."
There. That's the singular reason no one on this earth can afford resentments. You will be resented. Only you will not necessarily be resented by the one you are resenting...or just by that one.
That's the trouble with a resentment...it spreads like noxious oil on the water. Noxious oil or tar babies...everyone, everything your resentment touches is despoiled. It strips another's peace of mind, robs another's soul comfort...and they must pay you back.
The good news is that there are tools to use to head off, or cut off, a resentment. The bad news is we must be willing to give over to the one we are resenting.
To give over when we know know know that we are right Right RIGHT. And there's our full-blown resentment, the tar baby with which we nearly cripple ourselves by justifying its existence. And, once born, impossible to rid ourselves of by our own self-will.
The tool that works best for me is to quick say a mental "Thank You" the instant I feel slighted, disrespected, hurt...or, for that matter, complimented or admired. I just keep a "thank You" going at all times because I'm perfectly capable of taking a compliment and at two A.M. awaken to the realization that was actually a well-hidden snide remark...and I'm off, quite literally.
God is so good to me. How else would I know that the spiritual axiom, "Every time something upsets me, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with me," is true? Certainly not by my reasoning mind. But knowing that it is true, turns me in the right direction with the simple thank You.
God is so good to me. God is so good. God is.
Thank You.
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