“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson The first thing many of us think of after someone has wronged or disrespected us is how to get even—how to hand out a dose of that person’s own medicine in an attempt to feel totally vindicated. Most of us have thought about revenge at one point or another. Maybe it’s a co-worker, a classmate, a family member, or even a boyfriend or girlfriend, but regardless of the relationship it’s often an instinctive reaction when someone attacks the deepest, most fragile part of ourselves Does … Continue reading Get Past It Instead of Getting Even: Revenge Isn’t Winning