“Hold on to your anger and use it as compost for your garden.” —Thich Nhat Hanh, Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames

Some years ago I was feeling incredibly angry and resentful. I felt this way for a couple days. I have learned that when I judge others, it only contributes to anger and resentment. Despite knowing this, I kept judging a particular person. By doing this, I only added more drama to the story I was creating in my mind. I attached myself to ideas of unfairness, rudeness, disrespect, pride, and selfishness. This person was all of these in my story.

I found it strange that something would bother me so much that I would choose to go down this path of misery. “I should know better,” I thought. “I am a counselor.”

This Easter weekend I enjoyed visiting with family, watching the boys hunt for eggs, and reconnecting with my spiritual roots.

I attended a Good Friday service at my church that reminded me of the gift of grace. So many times we may judge ourselves or others and forget to offer grace to ourselves and others. It was refreshing to reminisce on the reality that we all can have access to grace.