My Mom once told me that she walked into a room where a couple of friends were discussing her, they didn’t know she was there. She shook her head, smiled and walked away. 🕊
My Mom also told me that she had a friend who talked bad about her, she never knew that Mom found out, Mom never mentioned it. She smiled and walked away from this friendship. 🕊
She told me she had family who chose to shift her out of their life because she stood up for herself for a change. And because she stopped crossing oceans for them when they would not even help her cross a bridge. She smiled, shook her head and walked away. 🕊
So I asked her how she could just walk away from people that betrayed her while pretending to be her friends or family? 🕊
She answered that every time she came to a crossroad like that, she had to decide who will be going forward on her journey with her. This showed her who she cannot take along with her. 🕊
So she explained to me that you should never get mad at a person who betrays you, even in the name of friendship or family. Just gracefully bow out and enjoy your journey with all the new people God puts in their place.
❤️Author unknown
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Notes to Readers:
Would I have had the grace to refrain from getting angry or feeling resentful of those who chose to betray me. Forgiveness? It has come slowly, but what changed for me was the realization it was my journey and no one else’s. For me to complete this section of the journey, I first needed to accept “me”, to love “me”… even if I didn’t quite understand my motivations and decisions. I certainly didn’t worry about what others felt when I walked away, but I knew and felt their rejection when I returned. It was palatable, quite evident in the unwillingness to speak to me, to ask me how I was doing, what I was doing, to even acknowledge my existence that had somehow strayed so far out of their field of understanding that they no longer saw me as being a member of the family.
Through the years of separation from blood family, I have basically walked alone, meeting others along the way, but not really finding anyone with whom I resonated on a deep level except a few individuals who have reached out to me through the internet.
Having always been one who didn’t mind being alone, who chose to sit in a peaceful corner and read a book rather than join a group of friends having their form of “fun”… I’ve come to relish time alone. Few people in our modern era are comfortable being alone, not requiring outer stimulus. Even myself sitting in front of a laptop am guilty of this…
Learning to walk away with grace… that is an accomplishment worthy of a wise soul, one that has learned the value of self-love and the understanding that it is the journey not the destination that is what the soul yearns to experience.
In responding to a deep call of my soul, I have ended up without blood family… and stand alone, but not alone, never alone… There will always be those whose frequency resonates with your own, but sometimes the journey takes us far into unknown places, both within and without… The connection to Source and the knowledge I am loved is what sustains me and so I continue on…
Eliza
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Memories. This made me think back on my only child, my daughter. Sometimes when you love someone so much, you should love them more by walking away. Silent heartbreak, but solace, too, knowing I was the bigger person for doing so. She made her bed. She has to lie in it. I am always here should she ever need me. I will always be here for her. Because I need to live my life for me. I am but one soul, not two.
Beautiful sentiments from you, Eliza. Thank you for sharing.
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Lots of pondering for me on these types of situations this morning as a result of your post, Eliza, thank you. Yes, I would agree that one can and should walk away gracefully from those who betray, but the hurt that follows for the one who has been betrayed is not so easy, in my experience, to walk away from. However, it’s true that time heals all wounds, and so I look back and acknowledge that choosing to leave was beneficial to my journey. But strangely, I still miss some of them… sometimes. Much love, Altea
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Altea, so do I. I walked away from my husband when he could not accept me and my journey, when he refused to talk to me as an equal partner… I walked away from family who refused to aid my aging parents yet expected me to fulfill their expectations. I walked away from friends and co-workers… Do I have regrets? Yes, of course. Do I miss some of these people? Yes. I wouldn’t be human if I didn’t. The betrayals of trust I’ve endured are remembered, in some cases forgiven, in others, not. If the pain remains, it is my job to work on letting go, not theirs. I can only answer to God for my own omissions or acts of commission. Anything else done by others was an opportunity for me to learn more about human nature — at least conditioned human nature — and my own ability to transcend the need to blame and point fingers. I’ve made mistakes… I would love to still be with David, my husband, a good man, but that’s not possible. He died at 58… and I think the cause was unresolved grief. Do I blame myself? No. He held onto his feelings and in the end, it killed him… so he has been one of my teachers. My father was another one, of whom I have written. We learn from the people who share our life, sometimes for an hour, a day or years. Yet, in the end, we only have our own conscience to make peace with. I’m still learning… and will until the day I pass from this world and take up my duties in the next one. ~ Eliza
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It occurred to me that we are, those of us who have been betrayed and come to terms with it, individual micro’s of the collective macro. When the collective realizes how they have been betrayed by those whom they trusted, I doubt there will be many who will walk away gracefully. And yes, then we will need our inner strength and personal peace more than ever. Much love, Altea
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Quite, so, Altea. The sense of betrayal, anger, rage… will be overwhelming for those who were most sucked into the lies of the globalist agenda. Which is why some of us went first and encountered our own betrayals first, in degrees, so we could mature emotionally and mentally in preparation to act as mentors, counselors and friends to those who will struggle to comprehend the degree of utter betrayal initiated by those who have been worshipped by much of the public. I have arrived at a level of equilibrium which would have been impossible for my younger self and continue to learn and expand my capacity to love, first myself… which took decades… and now others. Still a work in progress, I might add, most humbly. ❤ Eliza
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I believe that one would feel when it’s aligned to walk away, in some situations it would be the most appropriate thing to do regardless!. However I also believe there are times though, when walking away is easier than working through the difficulties and chaos that arise when you/others are trying to learn something that keeps presenting itself if that makes sense. Sometimes it’s difficult to walk away when you have attachments, everyone and every circumstance is different and everyone has a multitude of distortions to clear and work through and let go of the things that keep you trapped in hurt, betrayal isn’t it that core wound thing that keeps us in a repetitive loop. Without the spiritual mirror of one reflected in the other no being/soul would learn. I have read it’s a learn/teach, teach/learn experience. With love Sky 🪽🪷🪽
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I pretty much agree with the approach presented. I have forgiven everyone that I could possibly imagine caused me distress. On some level I created everything so on balance it is/was all good. Certainly no reason to be with another that does not resonate. Anyway a most important thing is to love yourself and the rest will likely not matter.
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