{The Righting of Wrongs}[4th April 1987]

[Redbook3:101-102][19870404:1005k]{The Righting of Wrongs}[4th April 1987]

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Perhaps the key to coping with resentment by oneself is to be aware of the existence of a wrong – I do not think that Innocence implies at all the inability to tell right from wrong – but not to feel wronged; if oneself has been the victim of a wrong, one must right oneself without waiting for those who were responsible for the wrong to put things right (or one might wait forever).

Needless to say, righting oneself is primarily an inner development, on the Circles, although outer matters may also need to be attended to; I think that the outer matters will more easily be put (or come) right (one way or another) when the inner transformation is accomplished.*

If the inner or outer 'righting' in any way depends upon or involves the wronging of those who were responsible for the original wrong, then I should think that something had gone horribly wrong with the righting process: it would not be right. This is from the point of view of the wronged one, in righting** himself.

*(The Outer Circle is about inner states as well as outer conditions.)

**(Writing helps righting!)

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