Have you ever been betrayed? Have you ever betrayed someone? This is something that we all have to face, or have already faced over time. Betrayals can be as little as your friend telling everyone a secret of yours, to something so big it could destroy a life or multiple lives. The darkness betrayal brings to life is a major part of this fairytale. There are different facets of it throughout the story and the characters are left to deal with all the change and emotion in their own ways.

What happens when the biggest betrayal you ever experience comes from YOU? Can you relate to this? So many of us for so long, myself included, lived our lives for someone else’s approval. We put our happiness and success in someone else’s hands/eyes.

As I grew into myself as a human being I realized more and more that I was just a ball of learned behaviors, traditions, and reactions that I had soaked up my entire life and I had to start over. I had to sift through all that I thought was me and throw away the things that didn’t align/feel right anymore. The more and more I discarded the more I felt I had betrayed who I really was all those years. I felt sadness and anger mostly. It made me sad and mad that I was so flexible with so many peoples needs in my life, and yet so rigid and neglectful of my own. I was sad it took me so long to explore myself, to learn myself, to hear myself.

Yet, I was aware now and that was all I needed to forgive myself. Forgiveness is important. If you’ve ever been betrayed, or if you’ve betrayed yourself take time to forgive. Forgiveness does not mean excusing or accepting the betrayal. Forgiveness is the act of freeing yourself of the anguish and anger that you’ve felt towards the person who betrayed you, including yourself.

The feelings betrayal brings about are meant to be felt. They are meant to move us. To make us wake up to what we have in our lives and make changes, or be grateful and accept where we are at. The Magical Mermaid is faced with this challenge and has to find a way to let it all go. In December 2019 find out how she does it! I challenge you to forgive a betrayal. To let go of any posion you are holding on to and to find the light in the darkness. You got this. You are not alone. You are love. You are light.