The Precise Extent

It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. To the precise extent that we permit these, do we squander the hours that might have been worth while. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous (Kindle Locations 961-962)

Precise — marked by exactness,
accuracy. Extent — an area covered,
the size of scale of something.
Precise extent, imminently measurable,
exact, defined, established methodically.
An exact measure of what seems so amorphous...
the degree we permit resentment.
And that computes with the squandered hours?
How deep my resentments have been, are...
though less than in years past. Squandered hours
compute backwards, then, to the resentments.
Can I get rid of the squandering habits
or must I surpass resentments first?
Either way, each result is beneficial...
I really don't care which comes first.