At many moments in our lives, we will feel that someone has wronged us. We can choose to express our feelings, demand an apology, or we can choose to let it go. The worst thing we can do is what so many of us do - hold on to the grudge, without acting.
As humorist Buddy Hackett once quipped “I never hold a grudge … While you hold a grudge, they’re out dancing.” Holding onto negative emotions does not serve us; it embittens us. The more we hold on, the more they poison us; the more we forget the nice things that people have done for us.
In every moment some fixed feeling of being wronged emerges in our belly, we have the choice. We can allow that feeling to rot our insides, or we can shine the divine light of consciousness on it, making a decision to never feel it again.
For transcript and notes: Let Go of Grudges A Beautiful Thought
