When we are wronged we lose part of ourselves. We are less than we were. That should not be taken lightly.
Revenge is something people see as petty, for the most part, revenge is perceived this way because revenge can be so painful. We trade one pain for another. However, the saying of vengeance solving nothing is the main point here, as vengeance done correctly can solve most things. What is the true goal of vengeance? Not peace, but rather it is satisfaction, satisfaction that calms the blood lust, to forget a trespass against us, to introduce the transgressor to the pain you are feeling. Forgiveness does not yield satisfaction, forgiveness simply yields. It yields to the whim of all those whom you allow to hold sway over you, it yields to the perverse desires of those who refuse to play by the rules you force yourself to abide and adhere to, it gives the evil carte blanche. That must not be allowed.
Revenge brings satisfaction, and the only way to true peace is by having the satisfaction of knowing your enemy is not prospering at your expense. For the hate to subside, there must be peace, there must be satisfaction of a punishment. The noble idea of the death penalty is nothing more than revenge, but revenge of the most hypocritical nature, for you do not want to see a murderer punished, though that is the excuse the majority of you use,you want to see the murderer killed, dead, that is not punishment, that is revenge.
Revenge is simple, all those who wrong you, you do not punish them, you do not perform simple vengeance,all enemies are removed. Revenge is removing a threat entirely.Revenge is making your enemies non-existent.
If you survive it you can be whole again.
Thunder