I was talking with a sponsee one day. We were talking about resentments—feelings of bitter indignation over perceived harm or damage. We were standing on the sidewalk in a pleasant neighbourhood. Near a well-groomed yard with a big hedge.
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You can’t make a sandwich without the bread
Making a peanut butter sandwich is the end result of a causal chain. It requires a series of events and actions. Conditions such as, there is bread in the bread box, there is peanut butter in the refrigerator. Causes or actions such as getting the bread out of the bread box, getting the butter out of the refrigerator and the peanut butter out of the cupboard.