Getting current was not easy for me. Confessing to another person my faults and harms I’ve caused others took some doing. Realizing and analyzing my part…took some doing.
What is the easier softer way is once I became more or less current by going through this process….is making every effort to stay current so I don’t let the misery build up again and have to go through that difficult process again.
It’s this way with resentments as well. When I feel I’m starting to feel resentment towards someone I pray for them. I pray for their happiness and prosperity and health. Prayer does work…my relationship with that person seems to grow in a positive way after I start to pray for them. This is also the easier softer way as opposed to forgiveness.
Why is forgiveness so hard? And why is it so hard to realize that being forgiving is really for us and not them and once we do realize this why is it still hard to forgive. I think…now…when I start to see resentment form…I am more mindful and prayer helps me to begin the forgiveness ahead of time. The trouble for me with forgiveness is that I start the process after it is all said and done….instead of starting it at the beginning….when resentment is forming….and prayer up front helps with this.
Sometimes when we don’t know the right thing to do…the best thing is to just NOT do the wrong things.
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