A Resentment Solution

If you find yourself having resentments on a daily, regular basis, and I do, here is a solution that often works for me.  Gratitude.  Now there is gratitude for the things that you do have and take for granted. Yes, be grateful for them.  Have a grateful attitude.  This will help ward off resentments.  But someone taught me that I should have gratitude for the person or situation that I resent.  For instance, someone does not clean up after themselves, or takes the last portion of something, but does not add it to the grocery list.  I can have a bad day in resentment, but they probably won't change.  So maybe you married the wrong person or took the wrong kid home from the hospital.  Why have a bad day over it?  Think of something they do that does make your life better, and be grateful for that.  Or you are in a traffic jam, which is becoming more common in cities.  You can be resentful or angry that you won't get where you are going at a certain time.  But you can be grateful that you have a car, with air-conditioning or heat, cell phone connection to call a friend and Spotify or Pandora.  Resentment won't get you where you are going any faster than gratitude, so why be miserable?  You don't have Spotify? Air or heat? No cell phone?  Wow.  Well, be grateful for your simple lifestyle.