King's Daughter's Kitchen

To hold a grudge: To deliberately make a conscious choice to hold resentment or hatred toward someone for some choice they chose (past tense active verb) that in the past hurt you. You choose to remember a big pile of stupid after the person who dumped the pile on you has likely forgotten and walked away from the stink. You’re still steppin’ in it and trying to shovel it up when you should have walked away, too. Carrying the weight of a grudge is like carrying a sack of rocks up a mountain in the rain. It’s heavier and more dangerous over time. Stupid is stupid. Bless your heart for being hurt. You have every right to your emotions. Walk away from the grudge. Find the joy. DUMP THE PILE OF STUPID. There are so many more beautiful things in life to think of and see. Forgive.

I am not responsible for the choices of other people. I choose daily to forgive. I choose to let go and walk far away from other people’s piles of stupid and the pain these people have caused me.

Thank you, Jesus, for teaching me that my choices have power. Thank you for teaching me to look forward. Thank you for joy.