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Greetings, dear friends of Holos&Lotus, welcome to my blog. Our friend
@emiliorios proposes another very interesting topic for reflection:
The Eye for an Eye We Must Leave Behind - Apology, Forgiveness, Letting Go, Revenge and More - Reflections. I recall a phrase they used in the show "El Chavo del 8" because in that particular episode, the characters faced feelings of frustration or anger that incited them to seek revenge. After that moment of wanting to get even, the idea of conveying a positive message emerged with the phrase, "Revenge is not good; it kills the soul and poisons it." It was a call to reflect on avoiding paying back in kind.
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I think we've all felt that urge to get revenge for something someone has done to us, as a way of giving the other person a taste of their own medicine. Many sayings have arisen around revenge, such as "revenge is sweet" or "revenge is a dish best served cold." If we analyze them, each one encourages us not to dwell on the hurt. In the first case, it's sweet because we enjoy the revenge and feed our ego, while in the second, we end up doing more damage because the retaliation is premeditated, making the blow to the other person more lethal because it's carried out calmly instead of impulsively in the heat of the moment. In my town, when they talked about revenge, they'd say, "I'll get you on the downhill slope," waiting for the right opportunity to return the favor.

In television programs, it's common to see protagonists seeking revenge, driven by actions that have unjustly wronged them. It's like taking the law into their own hands. I think they're two different things: revenge is one thing, and self-defense, or rectifying a situation that involves injustice, is another. Revenge is synonymous with harm, and that harm always comes back because we reap what we sow. A couple of months ago, a girl told me that someone had wronged her. She was so angry that she wanted revenge, but at the same time, she wanted something bad to happen to that person because, after the harm they had caused, things were going well for them.
She said she didn't deserve to succeed, that she expected me to pay for the harm I'd caused. Life is a boomerang; what we give comes back to us, eventually, and when we least expect it. So I told her to stop dwelling on things, not to wait to see me fall because that would only fuel her resentment and, above all, the frustration of a seemingly endless wait. In these situations, the best thing is to forgive, a process that isn't easy and takes time, but it's the best way to let go and live in peace.

It's normal to feel that urge for revenge when we're offended or hurt, but I learned a long time ago that there's no need to do anything. Life itself takes care of putting everything in its place, and it teaches us valuable lessons, some accompanied by a lot of pain and often with irreversible consequences. Years ago, a neighbor was bullied by another neighbor's sister. When she visited her grandmother's house, the girl would always call her names like "four-eyes" and "one-eyed," just because she wore glasses. She never said anything to her, nor did she defend herself, though she did tell me once how uncomfortable she was with that situation, which I myself had witnessed. Life is a serious thing. One day I found out that the brother of the girl who was bullying her got into an argument with his brother-in-law, and in the heat of the moment, he pulled out a gun and fired at the asphalt. What happened next left me stunned. A shard of asphalt hit the girl in the eye, and she lost it. They had to give her a glass eye.
In short, revenge is not good; it kills and poisons the soul. The best approach is to adopt the attitude that leads to another positive statement about revenge: "Don't repay in kind; show that you are better." I invite
@amymari and
@sacra97 to participate.
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