“How much better to heal than seek revenge from injury. Vengeance wastes a lot of time and exposes you to many more injuries than the first that sparked it. Anger always outlasts hurt. Best to take the opposite course. Would anyone think it normal to return a kick to a mule or a bite to a dog?” - Seneca
When someone wrongs us, the first instinct we get is payback. You want them to feel what you felt. You replay the scene in your head, word for word, imagining what you should’ve said, what you could’ve done, how you can be in a similar position to do the same. The mind burns with a need for retribution, for poetic justice. It’s human. All too human. Don’t be ashamed of it. To want revenge is proof that…
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