How have you gotten past resentment towards someone?

What techniques did you find to be effective in helping you to “get over it”? I’ve read the following as ways to try to move on:

1. Write down the reason for the resentment and how it makes you feel. Burn the paper.

2. Write a letter to the person towards whom you are holding resentment. Keep the letter for a month and see if you still feel that way. If so, consider sending it.

3. Tell the person what the resentment is about and why it took you so long to tell them. Preferably, this is done in a counseling situation.

Have you tried any of these? If so, how did it work out for you. What other ways have you found to move past resentment so that you can move forward?

The first person who says “Just get over it” or “Time heals those things” or “I realized that no one is perfect and I just moved on,” will get a thwap to the head!