Do you get Revenge or Forgive ( Archived) (80)

Not reacting to an action can drive a person crazy. No need for revenge or forgiveness, here's the shovel, keep digging your hole deeper and deeper.

well said south! ;-)

revenge? no. justice? YES!

I did it the hard way, and Ka, karma, justice,... took over from it's own cycle...

regardless of how I feel in my heart, or think...

nature stays the course. took along time to learn that, lol.

thankyou.........TGIF!!!!

I'm one to give second chances but after that you're on my chit list. Screw me around enough times and I may do something.
The last one ended up getting herself fired :D

So true. I never hold a grudge, or foster resentment toward anyone.

I *will* refuse to interact with someone who has done me wrong however and refuse to let them back into my life.

That's not holding a grudge, that's just being smart! ;o)

Forgive? How about let's just say, forget. That I can do.

Mistakes are something entirely different. I can forgive mistakes.

I have a hard time forgiving premeditated evil. In fact, I won't forgive it, but I will let it go via not dwelling on it.

I also agree with Nene.

There's a huge difference between revenge and justice. If an act is bad enough it deserves a call for justice, if for no other reason than to protect future victims.

Also, sometimes the perpetrator of evil deeds needs to be forced to take a good hard look in mirror.

After all, if no one calls them on their evil deeds they may never realize just how much agony they are causing others. After all, true forgiveness should only come after a genuine show of remorse right?

I mean, why would anyone want to forgive an evil person who's standing their laughing at them and threatening to repeat the offence. That kind of unconditional blind forgiveness is nothing short of stupidity.

I am an extremely forgiving person. I let stuff go that people would never think you could let go. I just figure its not my job to rebuke someone for anything they've done, what goes around comes around!

Abra I've had the experience of someone being truly evil and deceiptful to me and I've had to "let it go" because it was causing me to be bitter and resentful.

Once I was able to "let it go", I actually felt great sorrow for that person because he has no conscience and no heart of compassion for others.

Will justice pervail.... I cannot answer that because it is beyond my control. I do believe in a higher purpose (God).... and I believe that all of us will have to give an accounting for our actions.

I feel peace in my heart because I have not allowed this terrible experience to destroy my love, my hopes and dreams for my future, my inner radiance..... in fact I feel sadness for him because he lost the treasure of my love.