Get Rid of Grudges

The grudge you hold on to is like a hot coal that you intend to throw at somebody else, but you're the one who gets burned. ~ The Buddha

"My neighbour's husband left her twenty years ago, and she refuses to get over it. I can't tell you how many times I had to listen to her stories of what a complete jerk he was. The sad thing is that she is right; he was a jerk, and what he did and how he did it was mean, completely insensitive, and cruel. I know because he told me. He also told me that he tried to tell her the same thing many times, to acknowledge his wrongdoing and to seek her apology, but he finally gave up because she doesn't want to hear it. She think it's just him trying to be forgiven, and she isn't about to forgive him. The irony is that she thinkgs forgiveness will 'let him off the hook', but she's the one that's still hooked. He remarried andis very happy, and she has been alone and bitter for twenty years."

We often think of forgivenss as something we do for the other person, but forgiveness is really a kindness toward ourselves. A grudge is a contraction of the heart, a holding ourselves back from positive feelings. When we hold a grudge, it stands in the way of love and kindness flowing into and out of our lives.

Is there someone you need to forgive? It could be for a tiny misdeed or an immense hurt. Forgiveness is not something that can be forced - it must come from a true expansion of spirity. One way to begin is to say that you are open to the possibility of forgiving. After you sit with that for as many days or weeks as it takes, you can progress to being willing to forgive, and then to forgiveness itself.

In order to bring more love into our lives, we need to practice forgiveness; it's a way of clearing the weeds in front of our hearts so that they can open and love can flow.

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