“Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”

– Malachy McCourt

Why do we work so hard at remembering past hurts and conflicts when it would be so much easier to forgive, lay down the burden of resentment and just get on with our lives?  Have you ever considered the weight that you carry when resentment hangs around your neck and weighs you down?  Have you ever considered that the pain of resentment often follows the one who has been hurt or offended long after the anger of the offender has passed?  It seems so silly to choose the burden when the power to forgive lies within each of us.  If we keep our hearts filled with love, there can be no room for resentment.  If we keep resentment in our hearts, it will crowd out the love.  Choose to free yourself.  Take out the resentment that makes your footsteps heavy.  Look at it.  Forgive it.  Give yourself the gift of peace, and fill your heart with love.

Forgiveness

“I forgive you.”

Powerful words.

Deliberate words.

Healing words.

♥

They roll off the tongue

But they shouldn’t.

They should spring from the heart

And impact the soul.

♥

Though your actions have hurt me,

I choose to let healing

Replace my resentment

And bring my soul peace.

♥

I choose now to share with you

What dwells within me,

And pray that its seeds grow

In your soul as well.

♥

Treat it kindly, my peace,

Take it in and explore it,

For once you reject it,

It won’t come again.

♥

“I forgive you”

Powerful words,

Deliberate words,

Healing words -

Words of Light.

© Pamela Stead Jones 2008