Betrayal, Growth, and the Gift of Clarity

This life we are living today has no manual. We were born into this earth knowing nothing about the ways of the world yet today, we are supposed to learn and adapt to the ways of life. Not everything will go our way in this life and obviously not everything will also go bad. They say everything happens for a reason but there are obviously some things we give reason to happen to us.

Growing up, I wouldn’t say my life has been a bed of roses. I’ve failed, I’ve succeeded, I’ve been hurt, betrayed and I’ve also experienced loved at its fullest. All these experiences have thought me that anything that could go wrong could go wrong and anything could also go right. This has thought me to expect the worst out of life as much as I except the best.

This year has been a great one so far and I most say, I spent the first half of the year doing everything that I was supposed to do. As the year began, there were a lot of things I told myself to let go of. There were a lot of stuff I just had to sit back and allow play out because I wasn’t going to waste me energy on them. And I must say, it was all worth it because if there’s anything all this has thought me, it’s that I don’t need to stress myself out over everything.

Of all the things I’ve learnt this year, the one experience that has actually enlightened me so much is one with a close friend of mine. This person was someone I could trust with my life. But it turns out that I couldn’t actually trust this person because our friendship didn’t really mean much to them. It took me a while to come to terms with that but as @jhymi would say, sometimes you need the embarrassment to get the message. And I did get the message loud and clear.

This experience was an eye opener for me. A message that anyone could switch up no matter who they are. People change, and that’s fine but the real ones always stay, they always show up and they always come through for you no matter what.

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