Last week, we were looking at the problem of undertow and how dangerous it can be to slip into despair about the state of the world. But there is another feeling that can sabotage you in working for inner and outer peace, one that not everyone likes to admit. This feeling is resentment. It could come cloaked in a feeling of self-righteousness, focused on how wrong someone “over there” is and how unfair it is that you “have to” deal with it. This feeling can even give you a bit of a charge as you join protests or rallies and raise your voice to call for change. But because resentment is based in unrest and divisiveness, it cannot bring the change or peace you deeply seek.
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