It's hard to avoid snakes while walking on the trail of life. They can be everywhere, and you need to be on guard. It's an unfortunate reality; there are those people in the world who get through life and work their way up the ladder by throwing others under the bus.
Remember, the squeaky wheel may get the grease, but it's the worst wheel that's the loudest.
A friend of mine is having problems with a co-worker... if the two of them have successful projects at work his co-worker is the first to gloat about how he "did such a great job." The moment something goes wrong and their meetings aren't well received, he is also the first to run screaming to the higher-ups and start whisperings around the company that the reason they didn't do so well is because my friend "dropped the ball." It amazes me that this has gone on for as long as it has; after all, everyone recognizes this man as a coiled, venomous, creature waiting to strike at anyone. When it comes down to it, this man isn't creative nor talented, and he's grasping at every blade of grass to keep his job and he doesn't care who he has to bad-mouth to keep it.
Alex Karras once said, "It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind."
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