Day 324 of wisdom
“An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.”
Margaret Atwood
Indian-American author and consultation Venkatesh G. Rao puts very aptly and concisely about revenge, he said, "... revenge is obviously a deeply messed-up expression of vindictiveness. It is hard to even call it evil. It is just plain insanity. A result of deeply messed-up thinking." Revenge is not a stuff of strong minds, only weak minds are engaged in revenge. A man of sanity and good thought will not consider hurting another man in return for the hurt he has received, rather he would pay him with an opposite coin to show his superiority.
Revenge does not make you any better than your enemy, it only puts you on the same level as the man whose deeds you detest or hate, it makes you no better than the enemy, but as Marcus Aurelius would say, "The best revenge is not to be like your enemy". Attempting to pay your enemy with the same plate of stew he dished you makes you even worse than he is. If you are hurt by someone the best way to hurt them back is to do to them the exact opposite of what they have done to you, which mostly would be to show them some love, kindness and care, nothing hurts them more.
These words by Jessica Brody can not be truer, "Karma comes after everyone eventually. You can't get away with screwing people over your whole life, I don't care who you are. What goes around comes around. That's how it works. Sooner or later the universe will serve you the revenge that you deserve." Whatever you do whether it be a revenge of what someone did to you or an evil deed that originated from you against another person, life will always pay back in the same coin and most likely in multiples.
Always do good, evil never pays, whatever you do: good or bad, you will surely reap. Forgive all hurt against you as Benjamin Franklin said, "it is more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury." Forgiveness is a sign of strength and superiority, show your enemy you are better by loving them rather than hating them, surprise them with care, revenge is a self destructive act, it only multiplies evil, never engage in it, the best form of revenge is living a good life, so, live the good life.
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