We can handle this - When someone let's us down

We commonly go through life meeting and becoming acquainted with people, sometimes getting to know them pretty well and considering them friends.

We believe we know everything about them and they, us.

You trust your friends. You know what they would do in just about any circumstance and are comfortable being around them.

But every once in a while that trust will be broken. You suddenly realize you really didn’t know them at all. In some instances, it’s a simple thing that breaks that bond of trust, but on occasion its something big. Really big.

Of course, your first reaction is you cannot believe how stupid you were to have trusted this person in the first place. You blame yourself for not seeing their other side or at least having a gut feeling that something was not quite right. You look back over your interactions with them and wonder why you didn’t see what was coming.

The emotions that go along with a serious breach of trust and friendship can really feel like mourning the death of a loved one.

Keep in mind it wasn’t you, it definitely was them. We’re not psychic, at least not most of us.

Don’t let those feelings of betrayal prevent you from letting other people in, do the mourning you need to do and look out for other people that may need your friendship as much as you need theirs.

This is an imperfect world and we are imperfect people. Our job is to muddle our way through as best we can and come out on the other side with a smile on our face.