Brothers

My favorite photo of my sweet boys. They had put their arm around each other as they pondered an owl in the tree. It was a tender moment. 1981, N. Richland Hills, TX

A Bitter Pill

Bitterness and resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. It doesn't do anything to the person [or people], but it does everything to you. 

~ Nelson Mandela

People have to forgive. We don’t have to like them, we don’t have to be friends with them, we don’t have to send them hearts in text messages, but we have to forgive them, to overlook, to forget. Because if we don’t we are tying rocks to our feet, too much for our wings to carry!

~ C. Joybell C.

“With each opportunity before me, God presented me with a choice. I could accept His offerings, His wisdom, His grace. Or I could choose to hold onto the pain, the anger and the resentment a little longer.” 
― Sharon E. Rainey, Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life

“Do we really want to be rid of our resentments, our anger, our fear? Many of us cling to our fears, doubts, self-loathing or hatred because there is a certain distorted security in familiar pain. It seems safer to embrace what we know than to let go of it for fear of the unknown. 
(Narcotics Anonymous Book/page 33)” 
― Narcotics Anonymous

“A shrink once told me that an expectation is a resentment waiting to be born.” 
― John Verdon, Shut Your Eyes Tight