I recently went through a spiritual experience and wrote down 33 messages inspired by my journey with God. This is the twelfth of those messages – Harbouring Resentments. I hope it helps you.
A harbour on its own is a peaceful place.
But a harbour will do what a harbour does – it harbours ships.
Ships sail into the harbour and tend to stay there for a while.
It could be said then, that a ship in a harbour is like a resentment in your mind.
If then, your harbour has a ship in it, what should you do? Go down to the harbour and vandalise the ship? Call everyone you know and tell them how much grief this ship is causing you?
Or do you simply ignore the presence of the ship?
If you ignore a ships presence, eventually it will leave. And yes, it may return, but again, what should you do once it returns? Do you spend time and energy thinking about this ship and planning what you’re going to do? Or do you simply leave it?
Which of these choices will bring you the most peace?
If you choose the latter, you will find that sooner or later, when a ship comes into the harbour, it wont bother you all. And in time, it will eventually leave completely never to return.
But choose the former and soon enough, you’ll find your harbour full of ships…
