hold on or let go?

I'm sitting here looking at pictures. some in a shoe box, some on the pc, some in my head...its funny how day to day nothing changes but one day you look back and everything is different...oh how we have changed lol...our hair, our clothes, our make up and sadly the innocence you could once see in our eyes...

but does the cause of that loss deserve the energy it takes to hate it?

if we allow our bodies and our minds to be consumed by hatred aren't we also allowing the cause to continue their hold over us? is it better to release the anger and hatred? not necessarily forgive and definitely not forget, but be the better person?

is feeling sorry or pity for the cause wrong?

if we hold on to the anger and hatred, if we get any kind of joy out of the cause's misfortune, doesn't that make us as bad as the cause? if we feel sorry for the cause, if we pity the cause, does that make us naive or ignorant? or does it make us better for eliminating from our lives what began the problem to begin with?

is it worth risking our own well-being, compromising our own sense of right & wrong to hold on?

or is letting go so that we can concentrate our energy on improving our lives and the lives of others a more fruitful option?

i chose the later...i chose to win this time.