posted September 02, 2007 05:41 PM         

Marcus Aurelius

The Seventh Secret

There Are no Justified Resentments!!!!

You hear people say this all the time: " I have a right to be upset because of the way I've been treated. I have a right to be angry, hurt, depressed, sad and resentful." Learning to avoid this kind of thinking is one of my top ten secrets for living a life of inner peace, sucess, and happiness. Anytime you're filled with resentment, you're turning the controls of your emotional life over to others to manipulate.

I become aware of how powerful this lesson was many years ago while sitting in on a meeting of 12 people who were in recovery gruop for alcoholism and drug addiction. All 12 of those people were accustomed to blaming others for their weakknesses, using almost any excuse as a rationale for returning to their self-defeating ways. On a poster hanging in the room were these words: In this group, there are no justified resentments."

Regardless of what anyone would say to another group member, no matter how confrontional or ugly the accusations, each person was reminded that there are no justified resentments. You may need to consider whom you resent before you can make your own choice about whether this is useful for you.
Resentments give you an excuse to turn to your old ways. This is what got you there in the first place!

Taken from my Book " 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace. " By Dr.Wayne Dyer

More to come!!!!