Releasing Resentments – Don’t Give Somebody Else Space
in Your Head
My spiritual journey has taught me that it takes way
too much energy to hold onto resentments and that consciously releasing them
assists in letting go. This helps me to live a life of peace and serenity. To accomplish this, I have a ritual that I
learned from Doreen Virtue, in which I name the person and verbally release the
resentment, which frees myself from any space that person or resentment took up
in my head. I often have to include
myself in the ritual because I have a tendency to beat myself up for the stupid
things I do or say and then dwell on that.
I methodically release the resentment out loud – so I can hear it and
absorb it.
Furthermore I’ve learned form my years in Al Anon that
only I can give somebody the power to inhabit my mind, to insult me, to offend
me, to cause me heart ache. They have no
power over me unless I give it to them – just as I have no power over anybody
else – unless they give it too me.
Over the past several weeks I’ve allowed other people
to inhabit spaces in my mind. I know better; but I am a work in progress. I let
others who tried to point out my character defects rather than focusing on
their own cause me some angst. I let too
much time pass before releasing the resentments I felt. But I made a concerted effort to cleanse my
psyche over the weekend, focus on my spiritual well being, surround myself with
positive thinking people, commune with nature, indulge in cooking, practice
yoga, and now feel back on the right path.
That is my lesson – focus on improving myself and
keeping positive thoughts and I will continue to experience the peace and
serenity I’ve come to know.
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