What if.
What if?
What if revenge wasn’t what you thought it was? Would you be open to learning what it is? What if revenge, the sweetest morsel of retribution, was a deed of self-care instead of an act of someone else’s destruction? Would you buy it? What if self-stock was the definitive revenge, the sovereign revenge, and the only revenge that truly mattered? Would you commit to it? What if self-empowerment was the ultimate revenue of revenge? Would you invest in it? What if revenge, a forthcoming cascade of reckoning, immersive and surfacing, is something misunderstood to be fueled by toxins, such as pain, resentment, and jealousy, or even anger and misery, but what if revenge was instead a power that enables us to recommit with ourselves in a deeper way than ever before? Would you at least consider it?
What if.
What if you were wrong about the face of revenge?
Wrong about its tone, color, and imprint.
Revenge is something that we seek once something bad happens to us. Often, it’s thought of as a solution to an atrocity so insufferable that we become maddened by fury. It’s within the mounting quills of rage that sweep us into a tailspin of resentment that we’re thrown miles afar from all landmarks of peace. There, in hearty chaos, our existence burns with the need for vengeance. We begin questioning why we weren’t enough, why we weren’t right, and why we weren’t more, less, better, or brighter. Our internal dialogue becomes hostile with self-doubts, questions igniting us with the elements of self-sabotage: what was it about me that made this happen? Let me count the ways.
It's there, amid the sharp corners, wallpapered walls lettered with spiteful words, and prickly furnishings, that revenge is born into existence. But what if revenge wasn’t what we thought it was? What if its birth is something more beneficial than harmful? What if revenge was an avenue to restoration?
First things first, let’s shut down the internal conversations that make us question ourselves and our importance. No longer do we listen to negative self-talk. There’s no more self-distortion, self-destruction, or self-deformation. No longer are we excusing someone’s bad behavior by blaming ourselves, and no, we’re not carrying the weight that doesn’t belong to us. Life’s too short to be lugging extra baggage. The best revenge truly begins by shutting down injurious self-natter, eliminating harmful questions, and redirecting negative conversations into nurturing self-appraisals. Revenge is an art form; paint it loud and paint it colorful and paint it as our portraits. The kind of gilded portrait that we’d be proud to hang in a gallery of strangers, art critics, and loved ones; all standing together in observation of us. Revenge is recovery. It’s the act of leaving the person who hurt us speechless; thunderstruck by our resolve, our recovery, and the imposing security that we have within ourselves, enabling us to outlive all tormentors. Revenge is sweet. There’s nothing sweeter than self-repair and self-resurgence, especially when not distracted by the pursuit of demolishing someone else in the name of retaliation. Revenge is lavender and lemon panna cotta. Revenge is about becoming superior to our persecutors and the vicious lessons of betrayal and pain that they’ve taught us; revenge is about becoming better than the hate they’ve committed against us.
The best revenge is to elevate above the pain that’s caused by someone else. To prioritize ourselves throughout sorrowful situations - never losing sight of our own needs and wellness - while remaining consistently gentle and loving towards ourselves. The best revenge is to not allow someone else to tear down our ego or give way to a cloudburst of self-persecution, but to level up. To process and heal. To become self-supporting and self-defending. To feel sadness without feeling inadequate, and to understand that heartache is transitory. To invest in ourselves financially, professionally, creatively, socially, spiritually, emotionally, and physically. To grow upwards, expand outwards, diversify, and multiply. To flourish inwardly and to radiate outwardly. To learn and develop, to travel internally and externally, and to heal all wounds open and sore. Most importantly, revenge is the practice of shedding before evolving.
Besides, we have a great aunt in our arsenal. Her name is Karma. While we become the greatest and most empowered version of ourselves to date, Aunt Karma will be busy handling business in our name.
(Artwork by Krista: Revenge Painting by Art by Krista - Fine Art America)
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