| "Today, I shall meet cruel men, cowards and liars, the | | | | their life is so difficult that they have to react so |
| envious and the drunken. They will be like that because | | | | fiercely. |
| they do not know what is good from what is bad. This | | | | When 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 like | | | | actions to make sure you're not actually doing anything |
| a philosophy dissertation than a fictional tale. When | | | | wrong, it is not worth getting angry over. Don't be |
| writing this statement, what he's actually saying is that | | | | angry, instead, wonder what might be more deeply |
| people are going to be mean, they're going to say | | | | wrong with them. It's more saddening to see people |
| things that you don't like. They might get in a jealous | | | | bitter and knowing you can't do anything to help them. |
| rage or abandon you in your hour of need. But the | | | | Just imagine how different things would be if we could |
| important thing is to stop it from angering you or | | | | follow 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. |