I remember a young man who married one of the most attractive ladies in town, everybody appreciated her beauty so much and put her on the cover of the town magazine every now and then. One day the young lady's high school sweet-heart came to town and visited her. When her husband came back from work, she not only admitted her spontaneous affair with her ex-boyfriend, she later ran away with him, leaving her husband and kids behind. So much for the happiness created by sex and romantic love. The greatest source of happiness can sometimes be the greatest source of pain.
Life is never the same after a betrayal.
We become paranoid and less trusting of others. We do not realize we create our own hell on earth because we refuse to let go. Reality hits us in the face when we finally realize that money can only create the illusion of happiness, not true happiness. The more we pull anything in this life, the easier it breaks. Some painful experiences are unexpected because we could not prevent a dying parent or family member or a friend from leaving us.