9.24.2009

Do you want to get well?

Have you ever felt hurt, snubbed, or slighted?

Have you ever felt like someone had injured you emotionally?

Here is a thought; the reason you feel that way has at least as much to do with your perceptions as with their actions or intentions...

That is (at least to me) a troubling thought.

...at least to the selfish part of me!

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Think about it, someone can step on your toes and you can burn with resentment, or brush it off with a laugh. It has a lot to do with your perceptions of whether what they did was intentional or not, or other such factors...

This means we have a lot more control over our alienation, anger, and indignation than we might otherwise think...

...and so it means we have a lot less legitimacy to our claims for revenge!

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