Hold On To Grudges

All of us carry excess baggage around from time to time, but the wisest ones among us don’t carry it for very long. They get rid of it…Often…the things we carry are petty, even stupid. If you are still upset after all these years because Aunt Clara didn’t come to your wedding reception, why don’t you grow up? Forget it. – Boyd K. Packer

When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us; power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness…Our hate is not hurting them at all, but our hate is turning our days and nights into a hellish turmoil. – Dale Carnegie Okay, everyone out there who needs to be forgiven for something, raise your hand. Hmmm, it appears the voting is unanimous. But if you want to be miserable, don’t ever forgive others. Hold onto a grudge. Grudges sour your mood and ruin your day. Days turn into months and months into years. Carrying a grudge for all that time wastes a lot of energy that could be used for living life to the fullest. You can’t hold on to happiness unless you let go of grudges, so to be miserable, don’t bury the hatchet. Be mad at everyone and everything, and soon enough the grudges will bury you.