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I've come across this story before OldMeg and it's certainly very thought provoking. They say happiness is not a condition, it's a decision and I think there's a lot of truth in that. Have you read the book "The Light Between Oceans"? Set in Australia, there is a scene where a young German fellow is asked by his wife how he manages to stay so calm in the face of the ongoing racist comments and taunts directed at him. His answer? "You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day, all the time. You have to keep remembering the bad things. It's too much work."

That is a good story OldMeg
I know what I should do but sometimes it's just good to vent on AIBU.

OldMeg - thank you x

I have read it Bathsheba and I seem to remember a quote like that. It’s very true.

It’s not exactly a ‘story’ sodapop is it? It’s something to reflect on.

DanniRae ??

I have seen it before and it's one of my favourite parables. Thanks, OldMeg.

It’s a very good thing to reflect on, as nursing resentment or anger makes it grow.
Not ‘sweating’ the small things but trying to see the bigger picture is always worth doing, but part of the human condition is that at times, we will always fall short.
Onwards and upwards!

Some people have the sort of character that allows them to do that - others don't.

Sorry kitty I refuse to believe that people can’t change. But I take your point in general, but it’s more a case of ‘won’t’ rather than ‘can’t’.

I bet we all know (or knew) those who won’t (or wouldn’t) ?