Probably one of the most difficult emotions that we, as evolved human beings, are in need of mustering up.

When you hold on to anger and resentment you are not hurting or punishing the object of that anger, but damaging your own inner being.  You are keeping yourself in a state of agitation that will damage your health and you emotional well-being if you allow it to continue.

Letting go of anger is difficult.  We are usually most angry when we have been hurt, and being the egocentric beings that we are, we have the backward belief that by holding onto our anger we are maintaining some kind of control over the person who has hurt us.

Quite the opposite is true.  By allowing our anger to continue we are inadvertently giving the object of our anger an oppressive hold over us.  Are they lying awake at night ruminating over the pain that they have caused us?  No.  They are living their lives in total abject disassociation with our anger, if they have apologized, they feel they have done all that they can do, and if they have not attempted making amends, they may

a) Not be aware that we are still in pain or

b) Not be concerned with our pain, being immersed in their own lives.

By letting go of anger, we are freeing ourselves.  We are releasing the pain that we feel, although it is so human to try to hold on to it.....we are rising above it and moving on.  We glean what we can from the lesson so that we do not find ourselves hurt in the same manner as before, and we simply let go.  The only way out of anger and pain is through.  Yes, we must let the anger and pain surround us and begin moving THROUGH it and out the other side into acceptance.  The past cannot be changed.  It is a static entity.  The present is ours to manipulate and the future is ours to create.

Forgiving those trespasses against us opens a whole new perspective on life.  It allows us perhaps to view hurtful situations from a different perspective, to let go, to feel good inside again, to move forward.

My thought for today is to wish you all the grace and serenity of "Forgiveness".  Think about those you need to forgive today and open your heart to letting go of the pain, your blood pressure will lower and you may feel more at peace living in your own skin.

May you forgive your worst enemy today!