Resentment (Weekly Recovery Reflection)

Making others suffer only blows back on us. We suffer.

Weekly Reflection in Audio

Topic

Resentment

Quote

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

- Mahatma Gandhi

My Thoughts

In the recovered life, we work on processing our resentments because we've learned - often the hard way — that getting even gets nowhere and generally only makes matters worse. Making others suffer only blows back on us. We suffer.

Action for the Week

Let me remember today that revenge doesn't work. The only person who ends up paying for some perceived harm or injustice is me.