How To Turn Betrayal Into Discernment
Sometimes I miss my innocence. There once was version of me that didn’t know how well people can pretend.
Sometimes I wish I could go back in time and warn myself that love means nothing coming out of the mouths of minds that don’t believe language is alive.
Liars don’t taste the dishonesty in their breath.
They don’t hear their sentences beg to be rearranged in truth. They betray their words just as easily as they betray themselves.
The best I can offer the innocent version of myself is future discernment and a promise that no matter who lies to me, I won’t lie to me.
Why You Might Lack Discernment
No one, I repeat, No one, taught me to be discerning. In fact, I was trained to be the exact opposite. Trained to gaslight myself. Trained to see myself as being sensitive for calling out wrong doing. Trained to see myself as disrespectful for setting boundaries or having preferences. Yes, I paid the iron price to develop the discernment I have today. So these lessons come from my marrow. Here are some reasons you might lack discernment: