Payback

[355 words] I believe one of the hardest lessons for a child to learn growing up is not to return evil for evil. For example, when one child pushes another, the response is typically for the other child to push back in return. As a child growing up, I had an older sister I felt would do mean things to me. She would do things that would antagonize and aggravate me. When I would go to do something in return to her, I would always get in trouble. My mom would always punish me for getting payback on her for something she had done. We often here the words “I will get you back” when someone has angered, embarrassed, or cheated us. It doesn’t matter the age of the person, as a human our first reaction seems to be to want to return evil for evil. When someone hits us,…