Hip hop I can believe in

By way of Matteo.

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[chuck aka xtnyoda]

I don't think Jesus ever saw himself as a victim either... nor should anyone that follows him.

Romans 8:37
"...In all these things we are more than victorious through Him who loved us."
(Holman Christian Standard Bible)

[chuck aka xtnyoda]

From AA's Big Book... on rejecting resentment and the way holding on to resentments destroys and wastes lives... as in the video.

1. Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease. (Page 64)

2. It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility. (Page 66)

3. It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to unhappiness (Page 66)

4. To the precise extent that we permit these [deep resentment], do we squander the hours that might have been worth while. (Page 66)

5. But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave. (Page 66)

6. We found that it [this business of resentment] is fatal. (Page 66)

7. For when harboring such feelings [resentment] we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the Spirit. (Page 66)
[There is a native word of greeting, Ky'hoo'ya, which means "Walk In The Sunlight of the Spirit", and is also a fitting acronym for "Keep Your Head Out Of Your $$#."]

8. [When we harbor resentment] the insanity of alcohol returns. (Page 66)

9. [When we harbor resentment] we drink again. (Page 66)

10. For alcoholics these things [including resentment] are poison. (Page 66)

11. We began to see that the world and its people really dominated us. In that state, the wrong-doing of others [resentment], fancied or real, had power to actually kill. (Page 66)

12. We have listed and analyzed our resentments. We have begun to comprehend their futility. (Page 70)

13. We have listed and analyzed our resentments. We have begun to comprehend their fatality. (Page 70)

14. We have commenced to see their [resentment's] terrible destructiveness. (Page 70)

15. Never forget that resentment is a deadly hazard to an alcoholic. (Page 117)

16. The greatest enemies of us alcoholics are resentment, jealousy, frustration, and fear. (Page 145)

17. I can't afford resentments against anyone, because they are the build-up of another drunk. (Page 325)

18. I realized I had to get rid of it [a resentment toward his mother], for my reprieve was running out, and if I didn't get rid of it I was going to get drunk. (Page 552)

Resentment is an addictive drug... with destructive consequences.