Betrayal. Remain who you are.....

When people treat me badly. I have a choice. I can stay true to myself and my moral code and the core of who I am, or I can stab them in the back as they have done to me. Oh, sometimes it is tempting, until I look in the mirror. Then I remember WHO I am. I WILL NOT let the ugliness, betrayal, and vicious backstabbing that is occurring to taint my soul. I REFUSE. It is not that I am not capable of it. I am sure that I could be. But I refuse to let myself veer into that abyss. I will remain ME. Stay true to MYSELF, and follow my inner guide. But my enemies be warned, (and they have made themselves thus of their own accord) that this does not make me weak. It only makes me stronger. No matter what happens I will stay true to my core. If it works out in my favor so be it. If not, I will deal with that when it happens. The saddest thing about all of this, is that I am having war waged upon me for things which have no monetary or other value except the deeply sentimental and loving value they have for me. The people doing this are doing it to be vindictive. I am trying to keep my chin up, but my heart is broken.....again. I know I am too trusting and forgiving. I will not change this either. If others choose to take advantage of that fact, it is on them. I KNOW that eventually, what you put out and onto others will eventually, return and find you. Maybe their Christmas gift should be 30 pieces of silver. It would be so very appropriate. I will NOT give up hope, and neither these acts, nor the people perpetrating them will crush me. Love, Mishka