Consider the Cost of Resentment …

You're free to hold on to resentment.

You're free to clutch frustration like a trophy.

To replay the offence like a highlight reel in your mind.

And some people don’t want to let go.

That’s their choice.

Maybe it’s yours too.

I’m not here to say you have to forgive.

But I am saying this…

Be honest about the cost.

Because that’s the part we don’t calculate.

We treat resentment like it’s a moral stance.

As if holding a grudge is some kind of protest.

As if bitterness is a form of justice.

But resentment doesn’t punish the person who wronged you.

It becomes you.

It roots itself in your thoughts.

Your tone.

Your posture.

It makes you more suspicious.

More reactive.

Drained.

Straining relationships.

Where you’re no longer present.

And here’s the real tragedy…

It takes up the space where joy could be.

Where peace could live.

Where purpose could grow.

Letting go isn’t about pretending it didn’t hurt.

It did.

It mattered.

But ask yourself this…

How long do you plan to hurt, before you plan to heal?

You don’t have to let go.

But if you're going to hold on, count the cost.

Because every time you grip the past.

You lose your hold on the present.

Giving it to those who came before.

Honouring the past means no longer giving up our present to it.

To them.

But the retaking of what’s ours, what was stolen.

Because if you’re not careful.

You may end up giving up more than what was originally taken from you.