Life goes on....(Part-7)

Harish stood in front of me with a downward gaze. He was avoiding eye contact with me. He was playing with his hair and was giving vague gestures. I could read his body language. It wasn’t normal.

Avoiding him I tried to leave the place but he stopped me by holding my hand. I gave him an angry look. He left my hand and took his steps back.

“Don’t even dare to hold my hand.” I said fiercely.

“Just listen to me, Nysa. I just need five minutes.”

“You want to waste more five minutes of my life? Okay, come on waste it.”

“Nysa, I am really sorry. I have done a lot harm to you but now I want to apologize. I want to make things better.”

“Harish Khan, what do you want from me? Why don’t you get out my life?”

“I want you to forgive me.”

“Okay I forgive you.” There was a moment of silence and I said, “Did anything get better? Did I get my year back? Tell me Harish. Did anything change?”

“How can you forgive me so easily, Nysa? Don’t you want to take revenge from me?”

“Yes, I want to. But you know what? Forgiveness is the best way to make you realize that what you did was wrong. Because now, you’ll experience guilt and no feeling is as painful as guilt. Revenge has never helped anyone.”

Harish’s faced turned red. He took his steps back and left.

Revenge is the desire to get when someone does you wrong. It’s natural to feel angry but revenge is never a good solution. However, revenge reduces you to your worst self, puts you on the same level as those spiteful people we claim to abhor.

My grandpa always taught me to forgive and forget. I did the same. I was not a pushover. It was just about overcoming my anger and squelching my desire to punish Harish. I was feeling like liberating myself from the clutches of hostility and anger, because I had finally let it go. I was instantly feeling better.

 To be continued....