#107 – How will letting go of resentment make you stronger?

A couple days ago, when a photo of a business coach to whom I'd paid a hefty sum for promised (yet unfulfilled) results appeared on my screen, I felt something. An internal, very slight "yikes," a desire to push it away as I would a plate of food when I'm already full.

It was a low-grade and barely perceptible sense of resentment. It made me feel righteous. After all, the promised results were nowhere to be seen but she'd kept my money – didn't I have the right to resent her?

In my mind, I saw the righteousness as a nose pointed up, lifted eyebrows, eyelids closed, crossed arms: an un-empathetic, contemptuous judge. Someone who assigns blame instead of taking responsibility.

Ah! I got it: that's what resentment does to me. That's how my own Ego, my internal bully, wants me to treat others, because that's how I should expect others to treat me.

Resentment feeds our internal bully. By letting go of resentment, we starve our internal bully.

The difficulty is in recognizing the barely perceptible "yikes" we hold so that we can release them – I'm working on mine.

What low-grade resentments will you let go today?

Love,

Carolina