The original meaning of the term refers to a “professional guest” in ancient Greece, from Greek ????????? parasitos = “one who eats from another’s table”, literally “one who is beside the bread”
A Parasite lives in a close relationship with another organism, its host, and causes it harm. Once a parasite has exhausted its host, or the host repels the parasite, it will move on. Parasites rarely kill their hosts.
Well that’s a relief! Before you think it, No I don’t have a parasite… In fact quite the opposite! In a crude way some people can be likened to a parasite, even just by taking the keywords out of the above definition. They take what they need and its completely one way.
It happens on all levels. A dictator will use every resource his people produce for his own needs. A TV Station will run a show into the ground to scrape every dollar out of it (BB, which should have been dead long ago). Or a person will use another not even caring about the effects.
In every situation, the victim is almost helpless, defenceless, unless they can rise above it.
Be brave… Don’t let someone get the best of you…



(courtesy of mikes)