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Holding on to anger only hurts yourself from "summary" of Dare to Forgive by Edward M. Hallowell
When you hold on to anger, you are essentially holding on to a hot coal in your hand. You may think that by holding onto this anger, you are somehow punishing the person who hurt you. But in reality, you are only hurting yourself. The longer you hold onto that burning coal, the more damage you are causing to yourself. The anger eats away at you from the inside, like a poison slowly spreading through your body. It may feel satisfying in the moment to hold onto anger, to nurse that grudge and relive the hurt over and over again in your mind. But that satisfaction is fleeting. What you are left with is a constant undercurrent of negativity, a weight dragging you down and preventing you from moving forward. You become trapped in a cycle of bitterness and resentment, unable to break free. When you choose to let go of that anger, you are not excusing the person who hurt you or saying that what...
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