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Wouldn’t it be lovely if everyone encouraged us, supported us, and helped us… If we all helped each other?
More often than not, when we make a conscious choice to surround ourselves with good people and raise our own vibrations to a higher, more loving level, this is what happens. And it’s absolutely wonderful!
But sometimes… Well sometimes it just doesn’t go as we planned. Those we counted on, those we relied on and trusted, those we may have cared the most about just aren’t there for us. Or worse, we may experience a betrayal of some sort.
We tend to think of a betrayal as someone dishonoring us or doing something untrustworthy. But human beings can FEEL betrayed over a loved one (or ourselves) getting an illness, moving away, pursuing other passions, or even making a soul graduation. Logically we may tell ourselves the “betrayal” wasn’t intentional but it doesn’t stop the pain of feeling it.
When we’re faced with the feelings of betrayal we must make some choices… Do we stay in the lower emotions of feeling hurt, victimized, angry, helpless, and resentful? Do we turn our anger inward at ourselves, wondering how we could have “let” such a thing happen? Do we continue the betrayal by beating ourselves up emotionally and replaying the event over and over?
Or do we grab onto
the life-line of faith, pull ourselves up the best we can and let our Light
shine again?
Betrayal is one of the most hurtful things to experience on our Life’s path. If we allow ourselves to wallow in it, we betray ourselves even more than those who hurt us. It can be difficult to see beyond betrayal. But we must. Whether it was an intended personal betrayal, a criminal betrayal, or even the betrayal of our trust by a public figure such as a politician, actor, or sports pro, it still can feel like the wind got knocked out of us.
Most of the time life’s lessons are pretty easy to learn and see… It’s pretty obvious when Life teaches us patience, self love, kindness, compassion, etc. But what possible good can come out of the lesson of betrayal? What exactly IS the lesson in betrayal?
To be honest, I’m still figuring it. And like a lot of other folks, I’ve had lots of opportunities to do so! As far as I can tell the significant lessons from betrayal are:
1. Forgiveness – of the one who did the betraying, and forgiveness of our Self for not protecting ourselves or being able to stop the betrayal. Forgiveness really is one of Life’s most important lessons and when we can learn to forgive with grace and ease, life takes on a whole new energy.
2. Hope. When we experience betrayal it often feels as if everything has been taken away from us. Sometimes the only thing we have left is our hope… Hope that we’ll make it through and somehow bounce back. Hope that things will get better. Hope that we’ll create a new and improved life.
3. Faith. Faith is one of the most difficult lessons to learn during a betrayal because in many circumstances we put our faith in the one who betrayed us. But the faith we learn from betrayal is faith in a Higher Power… If we can dare hope, then we can muster up even the slightest kernel of faith, and it’s this glimmer of faith that will provide our lifeline, our light in the darkness.
4. True Friendship. When we experience a betrayal we often learn who are true friends are… and aren’t. Obviously, those who betray us no longer feel like our friends, but when they do, we may be surprised to see others rise to the occasion and show they are truly there for us.
5. Self Love and Nurturing. When we go through a betrayal, it may very well come with a “dark night of the soul”, depression, lethargy, apathy and a state of just feeling bad. It’s during these times we must be vigilant with our own self care and make sure we are loving ourselves more than ever.
Betrayals are never easy. They’re usually unexpected, unwanted, and seemingly unnecessary. And while at first it appears that nothing good can come of them, the long-term growth, strengthening of hope, faith, and other relationships as well as the freedom of forgiveness are valuable in their own right.
My wish for all of us is that we can learn our lessons with grace and ease and will never need to experience a(nother) betrayal to strengthen ourselves. But should it ever happen, know you are loved, there are people rooting for you, and the spiritual realm is ready to help you heal your heart and move through it.
With Peace, Love, Happiness, Health, and Prosperity…
Rev. Jeanette
A Season for Nonviolence
Self Forgiveness – Knowing that Who You Are is greater than what
you have done or have not done, have or don’t have, forgive yourself for getting
the good that is you. [“There’s nothing
to forgive in receiving Divine goodness!”
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1. “This is the power of
blessing: It elevates us beyond the ancient trap of the rightness and wrongness
of what has happened.”
— © Secrets of the Lost Mode of Prayer – by Gregg Braden
2.
IN REFERENCE TO GIRLS GROWING UP:
How The Third Gateway to Enchantment Can Help!
Often kids certainly know what their needs are better than adults because everything is less disguised, fresher and closer to the surface. But they very often don’t know how to negotiate for themselves or how to find ways to get their needs met, particularly if they live in difficult families. So we have to help them.
Advice for young women in this category, how they might be able to sort of go around difficult circumstances and manage:
Get mentors outside
of the household!
A neighbor who will spend some time with you — someone who’s really a good person, who maybe you can go over and the two of you can cook together in her kitchen now and then. It can be a teacher that takes an interest in you. Perhaps she introduces you to fine literature or she finds a young piano teacher so you can take lessons at a price your parents can afford.
I don’t mean a formal mentor like we think of in coaching, where you pay someone by the hour. I simply mean someone who sees you in a positive light and enriches your life in positive ways. I’m talking about people who can take you beyond your family circumstances.
[We can also use a mentor like that!]
— © Dr. Barbara Becker
In private practice
since 1981, Dr. Barbara Becker
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3. “The key is that we must
find a way to see beyond the hurt, suffering, and pain that the world is
showing us and recognize the beauty that already exists in all things.”
— © Secrets
of the Lost Mode of Prayer – by Gregg Braden
4. Poems for the
Soul – by Jeannie Helene
Lifted
Soak in the light
of Spirit
Through your
golden crown
This very minute
Give in to your
illusions – your fears
In them you’ll
find a resting place
A place filled
with diamond tears
How far down the
rabbit hole can you go?
On an endless
thread of life you flow
Hanging on to the
truth within you
Leaping beyond
what ails you
Livid from the
trials of past and present
Then you realize
your worst moments are a Godsend
It’s okay to give
in
It’s okay to give
up
God loves you
just the same
He’ll still lift
you up
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Jeannie Helene
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5. ValueSpeak
A Weekly Column
By
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING GRETCHEN
It was the simplest of gestures, really. But something about it was terribly poignant and profound – and instructive to anyone looking for solutions in today’s complex world.
Sixteen-year-old Brian had been asked to participate in a program at church. Never much one for public speaking, he accepted the invitation apprehensively. His younger sister, Gretchen, knew of his anxiety, and tried to soothe him with some good-natured teasing.
“Don’t worry about it, Brian,” she reminded him more than once. “You can’t really disappoint anyone because nobody is expecting much.”
You know – the sort of thing you’d expect from a little sister.
On the appointed day Brian was in his place wearing his best clothes, a fresh haircut and the most strained smile this side of Miss First Runner-Up. Blame part of that on pre-speech jitters. Blame a little more on the car accident Brian was involved in on the way to church – not to mention the broken rib he sustained in the collision.
“Look at it this way,” I whispered to him as the meeting got underway. “The worst thing that could possibly happen has already happened. It’s clear sailing from here on in.”
Well, not quite. When Brian rose to speak, the pocket on his jacket somehow became tangled with the armrest of his chair. The unmistakable ripping sound elicited an audible gasp from the congregation, and brought a pained expression to Brian’s mother’s face. As Brian turned to see what the ripping was, he lost control of the book he was holding, and it fell on the foot of the woman sitting next to him.
The congregation was beginning to titter, and he hadn’t said a word.
I saw him glance at the door. I’m sure he considered running, and I doubt any would have blamed him. But he bravely made his way to the podium and began to present his message. He was doing a pretty good job, all things considered, when I noticed something unusual: blood. Dripping from Brian’s nose. And not just a little.
At first Brian was unaware of what was happening, even though it was painfully obvious to those in the congregation. Then he absently rubbed his nose, and stopped speaking in mid-sentence when he saw the bright crimson fluid that stained his hand.
To his credit, he plunged ahead with his remarks, as if he hoped no one would notice the blood running down his face. He tried to disguise his feeble attempts at wiping the blood with his hand, but unfortunately, he only succeeded at making the mess worse.
Most in the congregation were transfixed. It was sort of like driving by an accident on the freeway. You didn’t want to see it, but you couldn’t keep yourself from looking. Then one person decided to stop being a spectator.
It wasn’t until she had almost made her way to the front of the chapel that I noticed Gretchen. You might expect that a little sister would be taking secret delight in her brother’s humiliation, but not this 12-year-old. As Brian continued speaking she walked purposefully up the aisle and directly to his side, a look of sincere concern on her face. She handed him the handkerchief she was carrying and stood there with him, her arm around his waist as he quickly mopped his nose, mouth and chin. When he finished he handed the hankie back to her. She smiled at him, gave him a quick squeeze and returned to her seat.
Brian finished his talk, and I’m not the only one in the congregation who thought his performance after the incident was more confident than before. Nor was I alone in feeling that the day’s greatest sermon had been preached – wordlessly – by his sister.
Like I said, Gretchen’s gesture wasn’t exactly overwhelming. Still, it was heroic in my view, in part because of its simplicity. Gretchen didn’t worry about whether or not taking a hankie to her brother in the middle of a church service was appropriate. She didn’t form a committee to study her options. She just saw someone who needed help, and she provided it.
You don’t have to look hard to find everyday parallels, do you? We stumble upon similar situations all the time – the disoriented tourist on the street, the elderly woman struggling to reach that first step on the bus, the lost child in the department store. Usually it doesn’t take much to ease the trauma of the moment – some pocket change, an outstretched hand, a few kind words or a couple of minutes of time. But too often we choose not to get involved, assuming that others will come along to offer the kindness we keep to ourselves.
And usually, others do. It seems there’s always a Gretchen around who is willing to step outside herself and do what needs to be done. But the world can always use a few more. Yeah, I know – there’s the risk that our helpful zeal will lead us to say or do the wrong thing at the wrong time. But the way I see it, that risk is worth it – especially when you consider the prospect of someday being the one who is up there with a bloody nose.
And without a Gretchen in sight.
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