releasing resentment

April 13, 2007 by  

Whether dreaming about, planning or running your solo professional service firm (psf), you’ll have to deal with conflict in your business, or in some other staging area of your life that will affect your business. How you respond to conflict will make a big difference in the energy you have for creativity and relationship building.

The ego holds on tightly to resentment. When we don’t let go, we make up a story that corresponds to our angry, frustrated or hurt feelings. Over time, resentments accumulate, we identify with the stories, and we are unaware of the suffering we cause ourselves, and others, by playing and re-playing the resentment tapes in our head.

I’ve learned a good technique for releasing resentment from an unlikely source – the ducks and geese on the Charles River in early spring.

I’ve been noticing the birds while rowing on the frigid river this spring. Its nesting season with lots of spats over territory, or females. But no matter how intensely they go at it, it always ends the same. One wins, one loses and the loser swims away, flaps his wings hard a few times, honks, shakes his head and tail feather..and that’s it. The experience is over, the energy is released, and the bird is returned to present-moment consciousness.

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Its not necessary to flap your arms and shake your tail feather like a duck..but if you need a little inspiration to help you get back to a state of presence and creativity, I recommend Ray Charles and Blues Brothers.

Ray Charles Ft The Blues Brothers – Shake A Tail Feather


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