Don’t get mad, get…

Here in the state of Illinois, we’ve just done away with the death penalty. So we’re trying to let go of the eye-for-an-eye punitive system and the often insatiable desire to GET EVEN. Might we find a higher ground and more productive and mature mindset in the process? Considering both the tangible and intangible resources expended with vindictive thinking, what is the real cost of wanting to get even?