release

Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die.
Author unknown

What are you harboring inside? Do you have some deep seated feelings of resentment in your life? I want to shine a light and look at the areas in your life where you are holding on to feelings that no longer serve you. Having these places within you are slowly poisoning you and holding you back from your desires. It’s very easy to get support in the world on why someone is wrong or why you are a victim. It’s very natural for people to want to protect you. And as the victim it’s very easy to build a case and make an argument why people should feel sorry for you. But the question is – is it good for you, for your wellbeing?

I had a break up years ago that had all the makings of a terrible devastation. There was betrayed friendship, deceit and many people to feel sorry for me. It was a grand orchestration of how people can rally in support. But it turned into poison for me at least. I didn’t want to talk about it anymore. I didn’t want their actions to dominate my life. It was a great realization in my life at the time of how my letting go was also me saying no more to victimhood. It didn’t matter if I was right. What was right anyway? Something happens and you fight to be right and build a case to make the other wrong. And then what? Something was done and maybe it harmed you but what is harming you more than your inability to let it go? Harboring resentment and anger keeps you stuck in the moment when you first felt the pain. You are looking for ways to keep reinforcing it rather than ways to release it.

Find support in your life to help you release your pain rather than holding a tighter grip. Find someone in your life who gets that holding it in is far worse than anything that has ever been done to you. It’s not easy to let go of resentment but it will give you your life back.

Today my hope for you is that you can recognize what you’re holding onto to and see that maybe it doesn’t serve you. Just allow yourself to see maybe that by letting go you can be free in your life.

Today I am grateful for the realization that letting go is the only way to peace.