When I first thought on creating this Garden, I kept wondering if I'd write on it more serious subjects, or keep it simple, with some things I would feel worth sharing. After all, this is an outlet for my mind. So I'll start with something I often see or hear about: hidden foes.
Within this, one of the worst types of human beings are certainly who I'd call... poisonous?, toxic?, people who very subtly (or perhaps not so subtly), and in a very innocent, amicable and often "confiding" tone, speak poorly of others; even if it might appear as mere comments, stories, gossip, they're articulated in a way which undermines the target, with the ultimate purpose of making the listener subconsciously dislike the said person on the long run.
These perpetrators tend to first gain the victims' trust and then weaponize their later knowledge to a varied degree. First thing they'll do is isolate the victim, in order to create a vulnerability scenario.
The victim only finds out something is wrong by "reading" the air. The change often comes very quietly.
These people are usually very dissatisfied with their life at some front, and seize pleasure and reward through moral damage. Specially if their target embodies something they don't have. Note, it doesn't need to be material. Your light blinds them. They crave the spotlight and want to be idolized. No one else can be at a better state than them. Specially who they dislike.
My best advice is, when (and when not) in suspicion of who it may be, just play nice, ignore, keep doing what you always did, and keep distance from them and anyone else remotely related. They are usually sharp-tongued and would try to trick you into stooping to their level so they can hit you with their experience (as the saying more or less goes).
Of course, there will always be justice, karma goes a long way, both human justice and the justice of God will follow the natural path.
As I see people say these days, "Stay Safe", chose your circles wisely and play a cautious amount of discretion. The world is wonderful, but word does it have an awful lot of sh*t.