Betrayal

The sting of having your heart pierced with the blade of betrayal can be dizzying, paralyzing, and stunning. Stunning in both its ability to shake our world and all that we hold to be “real”, and in its capacity to shine the light of awareness into the shadows of our Being. With our hearts mishandled and our tender feelings spilled all over the floor, there can be a sense of despair that quietly creeps in and wraps us in her dark cloak. A longing to close, to curl up and lick our wounds, all the while chewing on stories of the “why” and “how”, and the darkness descends.

The darkness, where our many wounded parts live— hiding, longing for love and understanding, often showing themselves in ways that prevent this yearned for love and understanding from being available and offered. This darkness holds the golden threads of Wisdom, and leads the way to Freedom. With your heart cracked open, you can hear their call, their longing, their offering of magnificent healing.

Betrayal can throw us into this darkness, and give us immediate and overwhelming access to these Shadow parts of ourselves. So much so that we may resist, begging and pleading to be set free from the darkness, the intensity, the confrontation from all that needs our love, our compassion, and our own tenderness. Betrayal is, in fact, a raw and unmistakable invitation to Self Love. Betrayal points directly to the parts of ourselves that feel unworthy, unlovable, afraid, and alone. And herein lies the opportunity for a great awakening within ourselves, a remembrance of our innocence, our beauty, our worth, and an occasion to rise to the calling of our hearts, to the calling of Love. Here is where we meet all that we’ve deemed unlovable and unacceptable, and here is where we choose differently. We choose Love.

How do we access the depths of our own love for ourselves when we are knocked off center by another? In the times where the darkness feels unbearable and we are frantic to escape, what do we do? We hold ourselves ever so gently and whisper, “Your are loved, your are worthy of love, and I am here for you. I am always here for you.”

May you journey to the center of your warrior heart, and find that you are the one you’ve been waiting for. It has always been You.