<h1>Revenge Is Not Necessarily Sweet</h1><strong>Author:
<a title="John Parks" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/john-parks/77048.htm">John
Parks</a></strong><br />When a person feels slighted or
wronged, it can be quite tempting for them to seek vengeance on whatever caused
harm to them. The temptation for revenge is as old as time itself, and it has
caused many terrible events throughout history.
It can be said that
these feelings are basically natural
instincts; modern humans must try their best to contain these urges if
they want to live peaceful lives. If, every time something occurs to anger you,
you immediately look for ways to seek vengeance, you will find your life
becoming less and less manageable, and people will generally begin to steer
clear of you for fear of your negative attitude. Revenge can come in many forms,
great and small.
People often use words to get back at someone else; for
instance, a good example would be if you hear about someone you know saying
nasty things about you, or gossiping about you behind your back. A common way to
get vengeance for this kind of slight would be to seek an "eye for an eye" on
the wrongdoer: you might then go around and say unkind, terrible things about
this person in order to get back at them. This really does not resolve anything,
however; it simply keeps up an endless cycle of anger and hatred and there
really is no true satisfaction in doing this kind of thing. Sometimes revenge
can take quite drastic forms; it can even go as far as murder.
Many
people are killed every year due to some sort of desire for vengeance. A common
scenario is a love triangle, wherein perhaps a wife, husband, boyfriend or
girlfriend is caught cheating on their significant other or their spouse. This
can be one of the most hurtful things to happen to a person, and the desire to
get vengeance on the one that broke your heart can be very strong and primal.
All too often, people take their revenge to the ultimate limit and end up
killing either their significant other, or the person with whom their boyfriend
or girlfriend was dallying with, or even both parties.
Again, this does
not accomplish anything positive; it only continues on a horrible cycle of pain
and hatred. Rather than looking for vengeance at every turn, it can be far wiser
and more satisfying to learn to forgive a person or persons who have wronged you
in some way. Doing this does take much more discipline and maturity than simply
blinding looking for revenge does, however. This is why it is far more common
for older people to be more capable of forgiveness rather than younger people.
You are much more likely to be forgiven by an old man, for instance, than a
young teenage boy. This is because the experience of life is what enables people
to rise above their primal urges and many people often learn that revenge is not
so sweet as it may seem on the face of things.
Learning this lesson is
one of the most important things you can do; it
will serve you well in the end.
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