Forgiving/Resentful

[caressa]

This is were I am at in today. The scale is tipped into the resentful area although i am trying to let go and find some foregiveness.

I spoke with my bridge partner on Monday and asked him for a game of bridge tonight. I phoned to confirm at 5 p.m. and found out he had made arrangements to play with someone else. It would have more foregiveness if we hadn't spoken about it, but he made the arrangements this week after speaking to me.

I am going to go anyway and hopefully I can find a partner to play with. It is a Silver Point Game tonight and we can earn special points which I need very much. I haven't been able to afford to play much in the last three months so I need the practice. Everything is practice, practice, practice, especially when it comes to letting go.

[Lin]

If I had made plans with another person to do something and they later made plans with another person, I'd be miffed a bit too. But the thing that helps me let it go quicker than I used to...is I remind my6self I can't control what another person does. I can only contr9ol if I let it ruin my day or not. I can only control my own reactions to it.

Today I seldom get to the "resentful" stage in any situation. Life is too short to sweat the small stuff.

LIN

[caressa]

Went to bridge and ended up playing with the director for the evening and was a bit nervous because I had never played with him before. We came in fourth. My regular partner came in first, which I don't begrudge him, I am glad he did well. He asked me for a game next Tuesday, whether it was to put salve on my wounds, I don't know, but I did say yes.