How bad must the transgression be?
2007-09-06 03:35:59 · 6 answers · asked by grey_worms 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
When you feel able to get something done about the issue at hand that will improve your situation.
If you just stew in resentment about something you can't change... you're just likely to make yourself ill. Resentment fades when the odds have been evened and problems corrected.
2007-09-06 03:39:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's not so much what you feel resentful of, but how you handle the resentment. Someone may take the parking space I had my eye on and I will feel resentment briefly. Someone else might insult me and I'll resent it. If the insult was inaccurate, I might feel the resentment for a long time; if accurate, I might feel it even longer or I might take it as constructive criticism and appreciate I was told. Resentment is felt for many and varied reasons for long or brief periods. Feel resentful whenever the urge hits, but be careful what you do with that resentment.
2007-09-06 11:25:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sure do hope you are not "harboring" real deep feelings inside of you about things ...seems to me you are asking for "permission" to "POP!" Explode! Let it all hang out! I hope i'm wrong...sorry...but if you are one of the "lucky ones" who handle things another way...why would you ask about a "resentment thermometer" as if you never felt this way before? Resentment doesn't necessarily have to be to the extreems to have it...lol maybe, the case is, you just "feel real bad" about things...and this is "your leval of resentment" now, it may be, that you have observed others who have a higher leval, and you think you are not reacting properly according to the book....but in reality, you are...(For You) differant people react differantly...this is not to say that you don't "resent" or, feel it...just a little differantly than others, and "it's OK" OK?...lol.....do you understand? But if you are "holding it in...get a good friend and talk about it....lol.......lol
2007-09-06 10:59:39 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. "Diamond" 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel it is never OK to be resentful and we all get this way in life with the loss of a loved one that has suffered, errors, tragedies etc...........Resentment like hatred and grduges and jealousy and malice and revenge can only eat at the very core of our soul our being and destroy our physical bodies and even stop our soul development with God.......be very careful of resentment we can never win with this feeling we just have to let it go because in the end that is what the feeling or situation or evil person wants us to feel because their souls are in living hell :))) thanks for the question :))
2007-09-06 10:46:50 · answer #4 · answered by Rita 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The transgression may not be your doing, but you allowed it. So stow the resentment and own up, then end the bullsh*t.
2007-09-06 10:46:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not good for you to hang on to that feeling. we're human, and we don't live in a perfect world. sometimes, largely due to our own issues, we can become overly sensitive. we take things personally that truly have nothing to do with us. if we recognize this, the next thing to do would be to find out what's behind our feelings. come clean with yourself. you need to come to terms with whatever it is that's keeping you from moving forward. you need to let it go. it may be difficult at first, but practice makes better.
look at it this way. we cannot change the past. none of us can do that. take yourself out of the equation for a moment.
forcus on the big picture.
i hope i've helped you. i'm sending good energy your way.
2007-09-06 10:54:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋