The thorns ...
Were everywhere, my hands, arms and legs are scratched, but after a while it doesn’t hurt anymore.
That is the case physically and mentally, but the scars that are physical, usual heal much quicker than the one they scar your mind.
If you fight, if you let hate drive you it will take so much longer, or never will leave you alone anymore.
The only solution for any fight isn’t going on with it, it simple has to end at against all odds, it doesn’t mean you’re weak, that’s only what your Ego tries to tell you.
So neither Ego, Hate, nor Greed are your friends, only if you give in to them, they are capable to suck you in for good and your life already ended.
All this has nothing to do with any religion, I think this is common sense.