From "The Language of Letting Go", by Melodie Beattie:

Resentments are blocks that hold us back from loving ourselves and others.
Resentments do not punish the other person; they punish us.
They become barriers to feeling good and enjoying life.
They prevent us from being in harmony with the world.
Resentments are hardened chunks of anger.
They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go.

Letting go of resentments does not mean we allow the other person to do anything to us that he or she wants.
It means we accept what happened in the past, and we set boundaries for the future.
We can let go of resentments and still have boundaries!

We try to see the good in the person, or the good that ultimately evolved from whatever incident we feel resentful about.
We try to see our part.

Then we put the incident in the past.

Praying for those we resent helps. Asking God to take our resentments from us helps too.

What better way to begin a new year than by cleaning the slat of the past, and entering this one free of resentments.- Melodie Beattie


Comment:

I hadn't cracked this book open in a while, and decided today to check on the reading for Jan. 20th...and this was it!
It is something I struggle with, and wanted to share. I hope someone else can use the message, too!

Stuck

This is something that I also have a struggle with too. I would like to get rid of the resentment and I have truely tried. A therapist yrs ago told me that about resenting another person...you only hurt yourself....it is so true . auntchris