I'd think at that point you wouldn't feel so much betrayed anymore.
glad you're able to move forward with such a positive perspective.
When one door closes another opens
i cannot speak for Art... for me though..its not so much betrayal... but the longer people stay away the more you realize how little they really cared.... especially if u tried to contact them. It becomes easier and easier to move forward once u realize what u r really dealing with and that there r much kinder people around who r there for u. Unless u like being a martyr... u can help people but where ever they go ...some people bring their own pain to others. It's a sickness i can do without.
U have to b a spiritual doctor to help such people. We have to recognize our own limitations in what we can do if we do not we can catch the dis-ease ourselves. Our only remedy is to take strong 'pain-killers' and refrain from further contact or remain at arms length from catching the dis-ease. Until someone has overcome their own pain they will continue to inflict it on others. What u see in such people is a pattern of delays followed by taking the path of least resistance... leaving their past in shambles.
