CHANGE YOUR THINKING CHANGE YOUR LIFE
for any reason, we take it as a personal attack. Our fragile self-
esteem is threatened. We react with anger and resentment. This is a
normal developmental phase of growth that we go through as we
move toward adulthood.
However, some people fixate at this stage and never grow beyond
it. If we are not taught the importance of letting go of our grievances
as children, we will come into adulthood with a gunnysack of unfor-
given experiences. If we are not careful, we will then build our lives
around our anger toward people who we feel are to blame for some-
thing they did or that we disapprove of. Many psychotherapists and
psychiatrists spend their entire careers helping people confront and
deal with these unhappy past and current experiences.
The most powerful and liberating decision you can make is to