Here is a tough spiritual lesson, but one that must be learned before we free ourselves from the circle of false friends:
There was once a sheep who kept crying out, "Why do the wolves chase me, bite at my heels, and want to hurt me so?"
The Shepherd smiled and replied: "Why do you like to wander through the woods where they live, and what makes you think that when another creature shows you its teeth that it's smiling at you?"
