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October 1977

The Roots of Resentment

We can see ourselves in the anger we feel toward others

RESENTMENTS are ruin. Backed-up anger can give us a bad depression; explosive anger can make us say or do things we will regret. Resentment that is allowed to fester can become an obsession and make us nervously unstable. Retaliation and revenge will harm us as much as they harm the other person, if not more, because engaging in private warfare will simply aggravate the situation and prolong it indefinitely.

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