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And physically well enough to exact revenge on those that wronged me.

Edit: That came out much darker than I meant it to.




Revenge is underrated. Forgiveness is great, but only if the guilty party alters their hurtful behavior. If they just keep up their wicked ways, there's no moral reason to keep forgiving them over and over. Indeed, I'd argue it's rather irresponsible since you know they're going to hurt other people.


Was it meant to be humorous? Because I got a chuckle out of it...


He just read The Count of Monte Cristo


It was. I'm glad you added the second sentence.


Holding on to resentment until your last days seems unlikely to be correlated much with what most people would think of as a 'good' life.




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