Resentment, the Cocaine of Emotions

I call resentment the cocaine of the emotions. It calls our blood to pump, our energy level to rise. Also like cocaine, resentment requires increasingly larger and more frequent dosages. There is a dangerous point at which our anger ceases to be an emotion and becomes a driving force. You know you can be addicted to resentment. The person bent on revenge moves unknowingly further and further away from being able to forgive. It has been said that hatred is that rabid dog that turns on its owner, resentment is that raging fire that consumes the arsonist, bitterness is the trap that snares the hunter. But you know what? Mercy is the choice that sets them all free. Resentment has no place in your heart. Stop taking it such large doses. And let the addiction cease.

Max Lucado