Equivilent Exchange

[fictiontrent]

Equivilent Exchange is the principle that everything in life comes at an equal but opposite price. Because I hate it when people think they're better than someone else simply because they don't like the "click" I explained this cold hard fact of life to someone today. The fact of the matter was that whether you walk around in a trench coat, where a

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[semlovari]

Revenge has never panned out for me in the past. On one side, you can exact revenge and feel better. Or do you? Depending on the situation, sometimes after some time has gone by, the revenge can end up making you feel like an idiot for doing so. On the other side, it can just continue the circle because you have just given the other person a reason for revenge back on you...and the cycle continues until one of you come to your senses or are gone.

For this reason, I choose to let it go. I don't always forgive or even forget, I simply choose to cancel the association with that person. It's still not the best answer or way of handling it, but it works for me. So, I guess, you just need to find what works for you and allows you to continue on with life in a way that you can enjoy it.

[hanyou_yoake]

the point is that because of my belief in equivalent exchange I said to her that I hold no grudges against the people that used my happiness as the price for their own happiness in their life.

In some ways, I think I understand what you're saying, in others, I think I've got it completely wrong. Personally... I think everyone is indeed looking for their own slice of happiness in the world we live in. I mean, hey, I know I'd rather be happy than unhappy, I'm fairly sure no one wants to be unhappy, though it's arguable with some people than it is with others.

I do want to say that there's a difference if someone is deliberately using you as a means to getting their happiness in a parasitic way rather than in a symbiotic manner where it's mutually beneficial rather than harmful