Don't Get Revenge, Offer Sympathy Instead

"Today, I shall meet cruel men, cowards and liars, thetheir life is so difficult that they have to react so
envious and the drunken. They will be like that becausefiercely.
they do not know what is good from what is bad. ThisWhen someone shows anger at you, it is more
is an evil which has fallen upon them not upon me.reflective of their own sorrow than any of your own
They are to be pitied."wrongdoing. While it's worth analyzing your own
C.S. Lewis book, Til We Have Faces, reads more likeactions to make sure you're not actually doing anything
a philosophy dissertation than a fictional tale. Whenwrong, it is not worth getting angry over. Don't be
writing this statement, what he's actually saying is thatangry, instead, wonder what might be more deeply
people are going to be mean, they're going to saywrong with them. It's more saddening to see people
things that you don't like. They might get in a jealousbitter and knowing you can't do anything to help them.
rage or abandon you in your hour of need. But theJust imagine how different things would be if we could
important thing is to stop it from angering you orfollow C.S. Lewis belief. It's time to abandon the saying
upsetting you in anyway. Hold yourself on a higher"Don't get mad, get even," and try something more like
plane. Don't feel remorse, but instead, feel sorry that"Don't get mad, offer sympathy.