My relentless pursuit of the guy who robbed me
FWIW, this is completely the opposite of what pg suggests:<p><a href="http://paulgraham.com/top.html" rel="nofollow">http://paulgraham.com/top.html</a><p><i>Turning the other cheek turns out to have selfish advantages. Someone who does you an injury hurts you twice: first by the injury itself, and second by taking up your time afterward thinking about it. If you learn to ignore injuries you can at least avoid the second half. I've found I can to some extent avoid thinking about nasty things people have done to me by telling myself: this doesn't deserve space in my head.</i>