The Key To Freedom

Holding resentments against others hurts me.

Forgiveness can make me glad I'm alive today.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
--Hannah Arendt

Resentments keep me in the past, a past that can never be relived.
Resentments keep a stranglehold on my mind.
Resentments keep me from appreciating the beauty of a moment.
Resentments stop me from hearing the loving voices of friends.
I forget that I have a mission to fulfill God's divine plan for my life.
Clearly the choice to resent no one is my opportunity to free my mind and heart for the real activities God hopes I will attend to.
Our purpose in this life goes unfulfilled when we're consumed by resentments.
Fortunately, my freedom comes when I decide to forgive whatever transgressions are made against me.

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Mental Poison

Resentment is like taking poison and

waiting for the other person to die.

Elder's Meditation -- Secrets

It is said, when we need love the most is when we deserve it the least.
Whenever I have secret thoughts about someone else, it will put bad feelings inside myself.
I will hurt myself.
If I secretly hold a grudge or resentment against my brother or sister, I will be a slave to that person until I let them go.
Let me remember to look at my brother in a sacred manner.
Today, let me think like a Warrior.
Let my thoughts toward my brothers and sisters be good thoughts.
Let me remember that You are in charge.
If I get upset at another person today, let me remember that the most important thing I can do is to first talk to You because, when I am right with You, it is impossible to be out of harmony with my brothers and sisters.

My Creator, take my hand and

guide me through today.

Demolishing Anger's Walls

Resentment

Anger, when channeled into the pursuit of change, can be a useful tool in our emotional palette.
Anger is experienced by most people, some more than others.
It is when anger has no outlet and morphs into resentment that it carries with it the potential to cause great turmoil.
Allowing us to assign blame for the pain we are feeling, thereby easing it, resentment tends to smolder relentlessly just below the surface of our awareness, eroding our peace of mind.
The target of our resentment grows ever more wicked in our minds and we rue the day we first encountered them.
But resentment is merely another hue on the emotional palette and therefore within the realm of our conscious control.
We can choose to let go of our resentment and to move on with our lives, no matter how painful the event that incited it.

Hanging onto resentment in our hearts does not serve us in any way.
Successfully divesting ourselves of resentful feelings can be difficult, however, because doing so forces us to mentally and emotionally confront the original source of anger.
When we cease assigning blame, we realize that our need to hold someone or something responsible for our feelings has harmed us.
We thought we were coping with our hurt when in fact we were holding onto that hurt with a vice grip.
To release resentment, we must shift our attention from those we resent back toward ourselves by thinking of our own needs.
Performing a short ceremony can help you quell resentful feelings by giving tangible form to your emotions.
You may want to write down your feelings and then burn the paper and close your ceremony by wishing them well.
When you can find compassion in your heart, you know you are on your way to healing.

Free of resentment, we have much more energy and attention to devote to our personal development.
We can fill the spaces it left behind with unconditional acceptance and joy.
And, as a result of our subsequent freedom from resentment, blessings can once again enter our lives as the walls we built to contain our anger have been demolished.

-- DailyOM