Many people living in one day at a time recovery know the reality of being justifying pain-hoarders. Our reality is that our egos just love this. We aren’t saying that our pain can’t be validated. What we are saying is we if we don’t know how to let go we will end up being caught up in a cycle of resentment and ill-will towards others. We acknowledge that we have been hurt but we make the choice to live for this day and we forgive. When we do there is a good chance our pain-hoarding will stop. We allow ourselves to become unstuck knowing whole-heartedly that resentments are joy killers. When we do we will see that when we let go we are free from the chains of ill-will and resentment and we discover that our lives are so much better. We now understand what grace is all about. Peace.
