The Scorpion and the Frog

The Scorpion and the Frog is a fable about a scorpion asking a frog to carry him across a river. The frog is afraid of being stung during the trip, but the scorpion argues that if it stung the frog, the frog would sink and the scorpion would drown. The frog agrees and begins carrying the scorpion, but midway across the river the scorpion does indeed sting the frog, dooming them both. The frog asks the scorpion why, why would he do this and kill them both? The scorpion replies, "This is my nature, that is what scorpions do, we sting frogs". The fable illustrates that the behavior of some creatures is irrepressible, no matter how they are treated and no matter what the consequences.

There are people in the world who use others. This is their sole purpose in life. This is their nature. Their whole lives are built around seeking out people that can serve their purpose, assist them in accomplishing their agenda. Many times the person who is being used has no idea it is even happening, particularly in the case of, yup, you guessed it,  LOVE. This, I believe, is one of the meanings behind "Love is blind". You want to believe the person. You want to believe that the person you love, loves you and so you are more than willing to ignore the red flags, ignore your own needs and desires, ignore the things that in any other person would send you running for hills. Yet, for love, we sacrifice it all, give our all, become a slave to that which we desire. Why do we do that? And how do we stop doing that for people who are scorpions? And what happens when one scorpion meets another scorpion and gets stung? It's not pretty I can tell you.