A few decades ago when I was at school, I remember this female teacher who would slap boys in the face, repeatedly, whenever they would struggle with understanding something.

Poor them… They must have felt terrified back then.

She had those golden bracelets that would make a little noise when she was rubbing something on her desk.

Then, every now and then, she would slap those boys in the face, 3, 4 times in a row, because they would make mistakes.

I remember their face, humiliated, sad but trying not to show it, it was painful to watch.

I was lucky because it could never happen to me. I was protected by the fact that I was the best student of the class. So I wasn’t in the target.

That being said, after decades witnessing this, I still remember and I suffered from it anyway. Because I saw it. And it never felt right to me.

Kids cannot defend themselves from mistreatment, but the universe will do something for them, and you know what it did to them in that case?

By the end of the year, that teacher became ill. I remember seeing her having a moment when she was in front of the green board with her chalks.

She lost control, was short of breathe and started to want to cry. The next day she didn’t come and she was on a sick leave for months. I don’t even know if she returned.

God sent her a very deep depression so she would stop hurting herself and those kids. When life doesn’t hit you straight in the face to stop you, believe me, it catches you later and makes you sit down with your sh*t.

That’s what happens to people who harm others.

At first, they seem to get away with it and they even have a moment of triumph. God lets them walk away with what they stole from you and they think they have power and can do whatever they want and sadly, our societies have become more and more enabling.

But in reality, you can never get away with harming someone or stealing something. Because from there, you will drown, internally. You will see the shame being installed inside of you like a default program and this will blur all your interactions with reality.

You will slowly lose your mental health, your sense of self, lose all your pride and become in resonance with that thought « I’m a bad person ».

All her teaching was good but it was based on anger and no one had ever taught her the boundaries she should never cross. Not only to protect the kids but also herself.

Think that this teacher has had to go back home, at the end of a long career and she’s had to sit down with how she taught the children: through terror. Can you imagine how you spend your retirement based on those memories?

For many years, I was very reactive in front of injustice. I would sue, I would fight back and take a revenge whenever I thought it was needed. Sometimes I have rebalanced the injustice but also sometimes paid with my own time and energy in doing so.

Lately, while facing an injustice, I realized something had dramatically changed inside of me. I was angry but I didn’t feel that deep anger and absolute need to make the other party see the truth, understand, rebalance the situation. I also had a space inside of me that would tell me to let go so I would immediately stop intoxicating myself with bad people.

I realized that the difference between now and before is that now I know. I know that no one gets away with harming others and being unfair. They pay. They pay it back on a different stage.

What abusers don’t realize is that others see them when they are being abusive and abusers also see themselves in the mirror that life is holding for them. And how do you live with that afterwards? Good luck.

I now trust more in the divine justice. I know it exists. So sometimes I can take action to rebalance a situation, sue if necessary, but if it feels wrong to me, like taking too much of my time or keeping me stuck in a negative loop that is delaying my positive results, then I can also let it go.

Trust God, leave it to the divine justice and walk away with the full faith that everyone pays his due diligence.

Sooner or later.

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