Retreat into the darkest corner of your house, preferably where no ray of sun can penetrate. Now reflect on the awkward position that you “friend’s” perfidy has put you in. Feel the resentment well up in that empty pit where your heart used to be. Question everything else that you once had faith in. Now, plot your revenge in minute, lurid detail.
OK, now pause a moment, and pull back the window shade a bit. Allow your mind’s eye to drift back in time to some of the golden moments you and your friend have shared in the past. Think about the times (surely there have been some) when you’ve been less than a perfect friend. Wonder how much pain you’ve brought into the lives of others without even knowing it. Writhe in the realization that a lifetime of kind gestures might not suffice to balance out all the hurt you’ve sown.
Wipe away the tears and reach for your cell phone. Text your friend and beg him to let you continue to be his friend, unworthy as you may be.
There, doesn’t that feel great? And you’ve probably killed most of the day!