We have listed and analyzed our resentments. We have begun to comprehend their futility and their fatality. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous (Kindle Location 1014).
Who can rant and rave about wrongs perceived
and entertain a wisp of a thought these resentments
might be fatal...for the feeler not the recipient.
After all, when we're wishing them dead or bankrupt
or attacked by a herd of buffalo, we're just there cheering,
not being attacked. But the hurt doesn't reside
with the wrongdoer. Oh, it might, but that's their resentment,
not ours. How can the boomerang turning back on us
be fatal, or merely futile? Because we're carrying poison
and not in a safe container! No, in our heart and mind.
And it can never hurt the evildoer, not our resentment.
It's our feeling inside us, and the corrosion injures us.
And only when we get that truth can we release the poison
and heal ourselves by accepting the gift that brings.
and entertain a wisp of a thought these resentments
might be fatal...for the feeler not the recipient.
After all, when we're wishing them dead or bankrupt
or attacked by a herd of buffalo, we're just there cheering,
not being attacked. But the hurt doesn't reside
with the wrongdoer. Oh, it might, but that's their resentment,
not ours. How can the boomerang turning back on us
be fatal, or merely futile? Because we're carrying poison
and not in a safe container! No, in our heart and mind.
And it can never hurt the evildoer, not our resentment.
It's our feeling inside us, and the corrosion injures us.
And only when we get that truth can we release the poison
and heal ourselves by accepting the gift that brings.
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