RESENTMENT

It is suggested, by compassionate Buddhists, to always meditate on that which provokes resentment.
Always.
Okay, let's make a list, tonight:
Multiple snowstorms at two day intervals with no chance of melting coming between.
No free parking spaces in the city--any city.
Potholes.
Potholes filled with water and slush that don't seem to be potholes until you run over them.
Street salt, used in snowy places during winter, and its result on steel and iron car parts.
Rust. Anywhere. Any kind. Any time.
The need for batteries.
The need for gasoline.
The need for oil.
The need for taxes.
The need for speed.
The loss of the publishing industry I've spent my entire life aspiring/training/getting educated to work for.
Break-ups.
Traffic jams.
Killer storms.
War. Any and all war.
AIDS.
Cancers other than AIDS.
Child abuse of all kinds.
Animal abuse of all kinds.
Slavery.
Unkindness.
Poverty.
Hunger.
Crassness.
Stupidity.
Insensitivity.
Cruelty.
Ignorance.
Impatience.
Violence.
Hopelessness.
Boredom.
Intolerance.
Bigotry.
Not knowing nor understanding the true history of this planet.
Always feeling like a stranger.
Obsession with body image and materialism.
False control.
Addictions.
Health care inequalities across the planet.
Pollution.
Those who speak for "God".
Those who interpret "God".
Those who claim "God" only for the chosen few.
Searching for God and often not feeling "searched for" by God.
Not understanding the need for death nor the optimum way to approach it.
Not being able to fly.
The times in life when I've felt most alone.
Fear in all its forms.
Pain in all its stripes.
The mystery of who I really am and why I've manifested here.(What the hell am I supposed to do?)


Begin:
Breathe in all the resentments (or one); feel it, fully, examine it completely; breathe out blessings to all who share this trouble; the joy of its departure or understanding; freedom from its bite.


Repeat.