Life and Some People That We Get To Know When We Least Expect It.

A vulture is a scavenging bird of prey, often depicted hovering in the air in scenes of movies when someone is about to die in some desert.

Truly a very good way to depict those family members who show their true colours after the passing away of parents and prior to the reading of a last will and testament, or as in many cases even prior to the funeral service.

However, no matter how much this depiction may be perfect for that time frame, the true depiction of these “family” members who start picking away at each other could be described as a hybrid breed of characters. Having somewhat the characteristics of vampires and zombies.

How so? One may ask.

Well vampires are known to be deceiving in that they lure people into trusting them. They have mastered the art of luring others into believing that they can be trusted, that their intentions are in the right place and once they see their opportunity they will suck the life out of a person.

So the “vultures” as we too often call them have throughout their lives been like vampires lurking, waiting for the moment and deceiving everyone around them.

To address the zombie aspect of their character. Zombies are depicted as mindless, emotionless and fearsome creatures, who look for a feed. They care not for anything or anyone they keep going at it until they get what they want. When we are talking about those “family” members who in the period prior to reading the last will and testament of a person only want “financial” gain, they are like zombies. They do not care about anyone or anything except for the money that they want to get out of the given situation. Much like “zombies”, mindless and emotionless creatures.

One never can know which persons can turn into zombies, one can often predict who may have the characteristics of a vampire, yet it is only when they start scavenging over a dying person or when they start charging towards the material leftovers can one truly find out who is what, are they humans or do they have the character of a genetic crossbreed of the above three describes creatures.

What is it about “money”, material gain that brings out the worst in some people?

None of us are saints, at least I don’t think that I have met one, none of have the right to cast the first stone. We all want to better ourselves, our lives, the lives of those around us. We may be competitive by nature, we may want to achieve above and beyond so as to prove ourselves, but I still cannot understand the scavenger like behaviour of those who should be loving and caring in times of sorrow and yet are anything but this.

I don’t judge, but I do see. I don’t understand, that is the best way to define my view on these types of people. Often I say, “Don’t judge, try to understand people”, that way we can communicate and do what needs to be done. No matter what it is that we are talking about, it is the “understanding” the “knowing” factors that can lead to success and overcoming any obstacles or hurdles that may be in our way.

However, how does one approach things when one just simply cannot understand the mentality and character of a “crossbreed” of three creatures, one real and two fictional. How can one act rationally and think clearly, when one just cannot understand, when one just does not know what she or he is faced with.

My only conclusion after seeing and experiencing things that I never imagined would involve me is:
When one “loves money” more than anyone or anything else in this very short life that we have on this earth, then pure evil starts to evolve.

In my header I have quoted something said by a lady who was admired by many and likewise not liked by many too, however in my mind it isn’t important “Who” said this, what is important is that there is more truth to this than what most people including myself up until very recently could ever fathom.

"It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake."

Nothing can in my mind prove this quote as being wrong, as it is only once a person has come face to face with people who behave like the crossbreeds that I have described, that one can truly see the vulgarity and evil that lays in the hearts, minds and souls of some people out there. Unfortunately too often enough people whom no one would have ever expected it from.
Maybe this post isn’t all about the usual topics people write about as bloggers, then again I am not the usual blogger. Since becoming a blogger, I have found that I can express some things here to a computer screen that I can’t express in the company of people. I didn’t fear the potential death that faced me numerous times, no that is a lie, I feared it, but just faced it, yet when it comes to “talking about stuff I feel” then I am afraid of people.

A person whom I have met here on Steemit told me “i don’t know people”, he read this out of a discussion we had about a topic which involved working with people. I outright admitted to him that he is right. Everything that I thought I knew, I can throw out the window. Should I?

Why should I constantly fear the vultures, the vampires, the zombies?

Why shouldn’t I put my foundation as far as people go into those who are human, who are not anything like the creatures of prey I described.

Why shouldn’t I trust people and hope that they return that trust, why shouldn’t I help people along when possible, why shouldn’t I try to be a good person, no matter how many times I feel betrayed. I again state very clearly that I am no saint and that I don’t believe that I have ever met a saint. I don’t consider that to be an excuse to stray away from my beliefs.

Maybe I’m just getting a little too old for my age, realizing that years may be one thing, yet life is another. Maybe experiences have taken their toll on me and now I am here questioning my beliefs as far as humans go. I don’t know (IDK) and worst of all things that I can’t understand, maybe even refuse to understand.

It’s not as if some people haven’t warned me about this. Many times I have seen it elsewhere, yet now that I have seen people of the same flesh and blood turn into the above creatures of evil, have I finally knelt down to take a breath of air, to bow my head and consider accepting the fact that I cannot proceed in life the way I have done so to date.
Maybe, I need to make my own little “Camelot” for my wife and children and pretend that I am safely secluded from the world outside my walls.

Talking to a screen here, not to myself, just typing up the thoughts that are all going through my mind.
Maybe someone who reads this has been through similar experiences, for those who haven’t be prepared. I know that no matter how much you think you are ready for it, I know that no matter how much you think you know what shall and can be, wait for it, for when reality hits you, you shall too be thinking many similar thoughts to these that I have typed.

All I can say after these new experiences is what some people tell me and I do agree with them