Is it bad to feel good about someone really bad having bad things happen to them?

Someone treated me very badly a long time ago and was completely indifferent about it. She’s a churchgoer who believes that she can do whatever she wants and not only will she get away with it, she will be forgiven. That’s how she rolls. I hope there’s a hell and that it has a special place for her. But not long ago I heard things like how she had an ugly divorce and that her father died. I felt good with a sense that there was justice and without regret for feeling so good

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BreakfastGirl · 36-40, F

No , one should never derive satisfaction from other people's misfortune.
The best gift you can give to yourself is forgiveness.

There have been people throughout the course of my life who hurt me and once I forgave them I recognized how they behaved that way because of ignorance.
Most people who behave nasty do so out of ignorance. Only a small portion of people poses bad deeds out of true malice.

Once you forgive those who hurt you, you feel sorry for them that they derive pleasure out of trying to sour someone else's life.
Because the person who is the target of their attack will heal and move on, but they will stay in that empty place where their life holds no meaning other than trying to parasite on others.

It's quite frankly something you should pity them for.
Don't hold any ill will against them.
Hate costs energy.
Energy that can be used towards something more meaningful than a moron who doesn't know better.

At least that's my take on it.