So holding a grudge we normally think of as holding it towards someone else. We are really causing injury to ourselves. It has no bearing really on the person we are upset with. We are simply supporting a feeling of ill will or resentment. This can build up inside and cause illness on many levels. Depending on what body part we are physically holding the grudge with. For example: If we are holding our feelings in and not releasing them, we may end up constipated or diarrhea might be the result. If we are feeling the grudge in the form of heartache, then it's possible that we may develop heart disease. If the grudge is keeping us from breathing in life to it's fullest, then possibly we develop lung disease. If the grudge is keeping us from enjoying motherhood, then breast tumors or cancer might develop.
So this post is an encouragement. For everyone out there to take just one grudge and let it go. Forgive the person and allow your body to begin the healing process. You don't have to become friends with someone who has hurt you or done something to wrong you. All you have to do is allow yourself the emotion that started your "reason" for holding a grudge. Allow yourself to feel it until it is gone, then let it go. Let it drift away, place forgiveness and the love of God in it's place. For holding a grudge hurts you! In the bigger scope of things, as we are all one, united soul, it hurts us all. But in this physical world, the sufferer is the one holding the grudge. Forgive just one person of one deed today. You will begin healing not only yourself, but our world.
