A bitter end

Holding on to bitterness for a past betrayal is like drinking poison and hoping that your betrayer will die.

Bitterness eats away at your peace while you hope that the intensity of your bitterness will somehow influence the karma of the person who treated you poorly.

If you had that much power, you’d have been able to enforce  justice with them already.

The longer you hold on to the bitterness, the more harm you cause for yourself more than any harm that they may have imposed on you.

When you fixate on your reasons to feel bitter, you prevent yourself from considering whether your assumptions about their intentions or motives are true.

You also prevent yourself from seeing the impact of your bitterness on those around you who had nothing to do with that betrayal or hurt caused by someone else.

Sometimes people betray trust because their own fears are stronger than their convictions, and not necessarily because they deliberately wanted to use or hurt you.

Anger in the face of betrayal, even hurt, is understandable.

But just because it is understandable doesn’t mean it’s good for you.

Own how you feel.

Understand what you can do to handle such situations better in future.

Move on.

Life awaits.

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