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12-26-2006, 05:54 AM
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| Sharing Our Light  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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| Free From Resentment
Do you ever feel resentment? From time to time, it might just enter your thoughts. When and if it comes to you, acknowledge the resentment and then quickly let it go. The worst thing you can do is to hold on to your resentments for extended periods of time. Resentment poisons your thinking and steals energy away from more positive, productive pursuits. When you've been wronged, your own resentment makes the damage even worse. Admit your resentment, acknowledge it, feel it fully, and express it in whatever way, if any, you think you must. That will clear the way for you to then drop it completely and get on with life. The only person your resentment hurts is you. So get away from it as quickly as you can. Forgive, forget and start moving forward. Free yourself to be your best. -- Ralph Marston Copyright ©2006 Ralph S. Marston, Jr.
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~  |
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12-26-2006, 06:22 AM
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| Member  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Baton Rouge, La.
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Thanks Ann...Reminders are always helpful. Resentments do take lots of unwanted energy and wears u down. It completely zaps ur energy from you....very draining.... Holding onto resentments can eventually takes its toll on you and end up causing more trouble than what it is worth ... It can get one drunk or doped up or take ur life... Praying for the person u resent wishing all good things for them helps.... Then giving it up to ur HP to handle... That's one load off our minds to worry about. Thanks for letting me share.
__________________ "A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED" SHARON M.  Baton Rouge, La. 8-11-90 "Made A Decision To Turn My Will And Life Over To The Care Of God As I Understand Him." |
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12-26-2006, 01:30 PM
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| Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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I've heard it said that forgiveness is the antidote to resentment. That was hard for me to understand until I learned that forgiveness didn't mean condoning what had been done or allowing it to happen again, it mean to just learn from it and let go of the pain that I had attached to it. Hugs
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12-26-2006, 01:57 PM
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It's taken me 5 years to let go of a couple huge resentments but I was willing from the get go. IMHO It takes what it takes and sometimes, if you're willing ( maybe not?) , it simply takes time.
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