So. True harm has been done to you. Real injury. Particular injustice. How to respond?
No need to multiply the sum of anger and sorrow in this life. No need.
No need to extend the hurt beyond the circle of what's done. No need.
No need to daily anatomize the wrongs done to you. No need.
No need to endlessly rehearse the anger. No need.
No need to tell and retell the outrage. No need.
Always keep the task of healing in view.
Bring friends into your service as forces of prayer and pondering.
Consider your own past as a tool for the understanding of truth. Precedent often has something to say.
Consider relevant scripture.
Seek reconciliation in person. Legal tools are blunt and brutal.
Do not fear failure, even if you know you cannot possibly win.
Believe that there is not a human being on this earth who is not made in the image of God. Whom you must honor in person. Every person. Including yourself.
HB
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