To mourn a mischief that is past and gone
Is the next way to draw new mischief on.
What cannot be preserved when fortune takes
Patience her injury a mockery makes.
The robb’d that smiles steals something from the thief;
He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.
Is the next way to draw new mischief on.
What cannot be preserved when fortune takes
Patience her injury a mockery makes.
The robb’d that smiles steals something from the thief;
He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.
~William Shakespeare, Othello
Shakespeare says that mourning past mischiefs is the surest way to bring new mischiefs upon yourself. So you feel you've been wronged in some area of your life? So what? Everyone has, that's part of being human.
You have a couple choices now. You could whine and complain and grieve about it. This isn't really that fun. Worse, though, is that you signal to others that you are a "victim" of sorts, and there are people out there quite willing to help you continue in that role. Or, you could choose to let it go: to smile about it. Maybe you learned a lesson from it, and will henceforth be wiser.
There's always an easy way to put a positive spin on something: you just ask yourself what's good about this situation, and your rationalizing brain will without fail provide an answer - asketh and you shall receiveth.
So if someone robs you of something, will you rob yourself further, or rob something back from the thief?
What next?
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