My resentment toward her was really misdirecting and avoiding resenting myself. Could it be that whenever we resent anyone, we are really resenting ourselves, our own failure to address that which produced the resentment: our own inaction
Yes. That's true. Stosney talks about this a great deal in his book 'Love Without Hurt'.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." - William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830's.