anger begets greater anger

From the movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. How true is that sentence? It basically says that revenge isn’t good and nothing fruitful comes out of it. That should be every person’s mantra.

Someone did you bad. You get angry. You want to retaliate. You get your retaliation. You’re left with the feeling of accomplishment. But what comes after? Another retaliation from the person you did bad? And after he or she gets his or her retaliation, do you strike back again? Do you want to lead the imaginary scoreboard and win the delusion award?

What I love most about the movie is the ending. What were they set up to do? Feed their need for justice? Just when they get their life together for the good, they ought to do something bad once again. I love it. I love that throughout the film, you’ll see people coming and going with nothing but anger in their soul. Why do I love it? Simple: we are human beings. We are not perfect, and no amount of good can make us a perfect specimen. Sure, they were moved by recent events causing them to straighten their lives, but still, in the end, we are not perfect. We will do mistakes. And with every mistake, the best way we can correct it is by doing something good in return. Sort of like karma, and that’s what they set up to do.

Great film. Go ahead and watch it.