Revenge will only hurt the avenger

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Revenge will only hurt the avenger

 

(THE BALD MAN AND THE FLY)

 

A fly bit the bare head of a bald man who, endeavoring to destroy it, gave

himself a heavy slap on the head with a wooden stick.

 

Escaping, the fly said mockingly, " You who have wished to revenge, even with

death, the prick of a

tiny insect, see what you have done to yourself to add insult to your injury?'

 

The bald man replied, " I can easily make peace with myself, because I know there

was no intention to hurt. But you, an ill-favored and contemptible insect who

delights in sucking human blood, I wish that I could have killed you even if I

had incurred a heavier penalty. "

 

Hearing that the tiny insect flew away, thinking how foolish the man was!

 

REFLECTION

 

Revenge will only hurt the avanger!

 

Forgiveness frees an individual from some of the harm that the offender caused

and repays evil with good.Revenge on the other hand is the inflicting of

punishment in return for an injury or insult and returns evil with evil.

 

Forgiveness seems to be unjust. Revenge seems to bring justice. But harboring

bad feelings against another person is like a cancer that kills. It does not

bring justice or peace.

 

From both a behavioral and a spiritual perspective, it is time to renounce

revenge for good. In life, both the forgiver and avenger are harmed in similar

ways. It is their reaction to that harmful event that makes the difference.

Forgiving is essentially an act of giving and sharing. Avenging is an act of

taking, stealing, or hurting.

 

Forgiveness is a good choice that comes from a rich spiritual person and is

helpful. Revenge usually is an outgrowth of anger and harms all parties

concerned.Thus in short, revenge has more an injurious goal than a constructive

goal. An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind.

 

Thus, there is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. In taking revenge, a man

is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is much more superior! !

 

Avoid taking revenge, practise more forgiveness!