Betrayal

The ease with which some people can lie is frightening, but it's the pathological liar that we have the most to fear from. It's manipulation, pure and simple, and it's abusive. It wouldn't have gone on this long if I had used the 3-strikes rule. Rationalize, justify, internalize, compromise...I let fear of the truth control me. The truth can be bittersweet...liberating and demoralizing, comforting and reprimanding. When the elasticity of youth is behind us, bouncing back from betrayal is a long and rocky road. I'm almost there.