November 17

The word resentment means to re-feel—to feel again. Someone wrongs or wounds you; in resenting it, you re-feel the injury. And you re-hurt yourself. The Hebrew Talmud says that a person who bears a grudge is “like one who, having cut one hand while handling a knife, avenges himself by stabbing the other hand.” The best way to avoid this self-inflicted suffering is to apply “spiritual iodine” the moment anybody hurts you. Get your resentment healed at once, before it starts to fester.