I've learned something invaluable while working through the resentments that I have toward only 5 of the many people in my life. I've even only done one of them and this was realized. I was blabbering away at lunch today and this statement fell out of my mouth. My conversation partner commented on it and I suddenly realized what I had actually said. I had to run home and write it down! Ready for it??
What we resent in others are actually aspects of ourselves that we don't yet have the courage to own.
You want to know where you are hiding from yourself? Do this exercise, and be open to the truth of the above statement. It will transform those people from folks that we resent into folks that we can emulate as guides while learning to claim and own those aspects they have illustrated to us.
It's actually quite liberating to see this. I'm now extremely eager to work through the other 4!
- Lioness (in training)
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