Sammy The Bull

So some of you don't know or have never heard of Sammy The Bull, can't say I'm surprised but it's still a shame that such an important name in history is missing from your knowledge collection. Well to give you a brief introduction Sammy The Bull Gravano; he was the second in command of the legendary Gambino crime family back in the 80's working for the likes of John Gotti. Their rise to power came from shameless murder and unbridled greed when Sammy aided his boss/ friend to slaughter the reigning mafia boss Paul Castellano. In time to come Sammy would be the downfall of his boss John Gotti by providing the key testimony that sent him to jail for life and giving the police victory over the mafia itself. The truth of the matter is that Sammy and John were practically inseparable for many years, before his ultimate betrayal he aided John in many great escapes from the long arm of the law doing everything from rigging cases to murdering rivals and bribing government officials and law enforcement.

You would think that someone that close and that loyal would be near impossible to turn but it was done. Sammy's motivation was that he heard a tape from the F.B.I. where John was planning to incriminate him in multiple crimes in an attempt to save his own life from jail. The purpose of this blog is to remind us that we shouldn't treat those who are close to us like John and Sammy treated each other even though we do it everyday! Think about how many people you were once good with and would give the world for and now you don't even speak to or can stand to look at because of some unforgivable act that occurred between you. Even worse, think of how many people have done that to you over the years and why such behaviour is now warranted! At the end of the day, it's pointless to say we have never or would never commit such treason against our loved ones because the truth of the matter is that we not only do it daily, we do it subconsciously and without hesitation! Even I'm guilty of such actions and looking back on it, it really is a violation of how we're supposed to live! Recently I thought of how many people have passed through my life and their level of importance to me at the time, some were as valuable as oxygen and some not so much. The thing is though that even though they may have served their purpose in my life at that time, most of them I barely speak to or worse dodn't even acknowledge due to a lack of forgiveness on my part because of some evil they committed against me and that's wrong. We were born to forgive and forget but somehow we've managed to forget to do both and yet we ask the creator to forgive us! It's sad to think that after all the trouble we go through to meet and greet people, we dismiss them so easily and sometimes for the most frivilous of reasons. Don't try to exclude yourself from this because I'm very sure you had a very good friend who once slept with your lover or tried to and didn't succee, what about the friend who was such a bad friend that they forgot to call you on your birthday and you were so upset that you couldn't be seen in public with them. Some of us have even worse reasons such as those who were disrespected by a friend and vowed to take their blood, and those of us who abhor friends who talk to your other friends and for this they are out of place and should be put out to graze. No matter the reason, the bottom line is that you haven't forgiven them and as such this makes you as bad as Sammy The Bull, for it was such actions that cost him his life and his family a comfortable living.

Sammy The Bull is a notorious snitch who brought down a trusted friend for his own distrust and unforgiveness. It's shocking to think what his life would have been like had he not listened to the fake tapes the feds made him listen to. Makes you wonder how many fake stories made you disown someone who could have been a life changer in the future, or what about the loads of gossip you listened to that not only destroyed your respect for a friend but where you yourself snitched on that person and caused them many a great distress? Yes we're all guilty but at least if we can look back and see where we went wrong we can become better people and live peacefully by not behaving like Sammy The Bull Gravano.