Releasing Resentment for the People Who Have Let Us Down........"Why You Gotta Be So Mean?"

Resentment is an insidious negative feeling.  Whatever we allow to expand becomes stronger, so having an awareness of our personal resentments is important.

A different and more healthy way to look at an event if someone let us down, is to believe that he or she missed out on the good things that happened in our lives.  This "spin" on the way we think through our past will allow room for empathy towards people we previously resented.

When we open our hearts and share love with those who love us back, love returns to us stronger and solidified.  If there are hurtful people on the outer circles of our lives that don't have pure intentions and perhaps do not have our best interests at heart, releasing resentment for them while protecting ourselves from further pain gives us the benefits of forgiveness.

Sometimes, people who have been hurt can become bitter.  Others may be in denial of how destructive it can be when people let us down and we don't process those emotions in a healthy way.  Neither of those options will allow us to live our best, most productive lives.  Bitterness or denying the past are unhealthy choices.

It is a gift to ourselves to process and work through old thoughts and events that do not serve us now. When you are able to release and resolve old resentments, you will have more room for positive emotions.

So if, as Taylor Swift says, "Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city and all you're ever gonna be is mean"; we can have the awareness of who those people are in our lives, protect ourselves, and enjoy our lives in the big ole city by releasing resentment toward our offenders.

Have a wonderful day!!

xo

Conni

Today's Mantra:  I am willing to release resentment towards others who have hurt me in the past.

Mantra for Every Day: I choose to send love to all; receiving love back multiplied in infinite proportions, creating and nurturing pathways of love.