Here is what betrayal is: having someone
earn your
trust, only to
turn their back on you a short time later. There are many forms of
betrayal, a lot of which involve
small and
petty things, like
cheating on a boyfriend. Other forms involve
events with
grave
consequences, such as
Judas betraying
Jesus.
What causes betrayal, anyway? What drives a person to hate someone
else so much that they will consciously work to destroy them? I'd
be willing to bet that most of the time the cause is either love
or money. Some times, people will betray others without even
knowing it, causing tremendous emotional damage that they never realized
would happen. This could be viewed as involuntary betrayal, and might be
looked on as a lesser offense, but I think that this type carries more
weight than voluntary betrayal. Why? Well, if you don't think
about your actions, then you care even less about the person you're
betraying because you didn't even think of them at the time. It's not
unlike the phrase, "It's better to be hated than ignored."