Being hurt by another person, a group of people, a situation or worse yet, yourself is just so painful. Feeling that level of hurt and disappointment, especially coming from those you trust is just downright heartbreaking. Trust is sacred and when that's broken, well we too can feel broken inside. It's saying to someone else I am handing you my vulnerability and asking you to guard it and when they don't, you feel like you didn't even know them really in the first place. But why do we feel the need to trust other people with all that we hold so sacred in ourselves? Is that we feel we can't even be trusted with how we feel or maybe is it that we just don't really know how to trust ourselves fully? Sometimes the hurt comes from outside and sometimes it actually comes from within ... or maybe even a little of both. Either way, there is work to do and guess what? It doesn't require another soul to do it - it only requires you! Betrayal doesn't require an apology from that person (heck most of the time you never get one anyway) and it doesn't require you to hold that anger until the end of time (let me know how that's going if that's currently happening). The only thing required is grace, love, and ultimately forgiveness of yourself. Being betrayed is the hardest thing. Picking up the pieces can be even harder but the person you will become who finally understands your worth and truly decides to trust your own self with your greatest power - your vulnerability ... well then you just may become the unstoppable person you were meant to be all along.
