1.0Letting Go with Guy Finleyhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/lettinggoGuy Finleyhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/lettinggo/author/gfinleyThe Pain of Being Betrayed - Letting Go with Guy Finleyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NOUwhdlqG5"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/lettinggo/2012/03/the-pain-of-being-betrayed.html">The Pain of Being Betrayed</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/lettinggo/2012/03/the-pain-of-being-betrayed.html/embed#?secret=NOUwhdlqG5" width="600" height="338" title="“The Pain of Being Betrayed” — Letting Go with Guy Finley" data-secret="NOUwhdlqG5" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The pain we feel over being betrayed is not the fault of the one who has fractured our trust. Such anguish belongs to, and is created by, those darkly combustible parts of us into which we so readily fall and become inflamed whenever certain self-supports are unexpectedly pulled out from beneath us. *** Any “I”…