You become what you surround yourself with. Energies are contagious. Choose carefully. Your environment will become you.

When I was a kid, my grandmother would tell me to be careful of who I chose as my friends, because by association people would think of me how those friends were perceived.

At the time I thought that people were judgemental to do so, but unfortunately, that was a truism for how people see us.

If we run with friends who are criminals, we not only risk having the same reputation as them, but we risk getting onto the wrong side of the law too because their life gradually seems more and more normal as we get familiar with them. Soon we find that our moral compass gets tilted in the wrong direction because those activities don’t seem as bad to us as they used to.

If our friends are complainers, or have a negative outlook on life, it’s hard to remain positive around them.

If people walk all over us or mistreat us, our spirits get bruised or crushed.

If we choose to be friends with people who are dramatic over every little thing, it’s hard to find the peace we need.

By choosing to be around people who are positive and uplifting, we help ourselves expand into that arena too, plus we in turn help them!

I have learned these lessons the hard way, and now prefer to be alone that to be with any negative people. I’ve carefully cultivated friendships where I feel positive, happy, and whole. These are the people I love to hang with!

Take a look at the people you’ve chosen to be with.

Are you in unhealthy relationships? How do you feel? Do you struggle to feel happy, or positive, or even at peace?

Who will you choose to be around?

Blessings to you as you make your decisions!

Here are some more uplifting posts:

• By being yourself you put something beautiful into the world that was not there before!
• If you focus too hard on the problem, the solution can often evade you.
• “What kind of love do I allow in my life?”
• The power of love is the strongest force in the universe.
• Be around the light bringers, the magic makers, the world shifters… these heartbeats are your people.
• Are you an “Echoist”? What it is and how to overcome it.
• Be an encourager. Telling people they have wonderful wings won’t take away your ability to fly.
• Your work is not to drag the world kicking and screaming into a new awareness!
• Do not become small for people who refuse to grow!
• Don’t be afraid to start all over again. You may like your new story better.
• An authentic life does not require anyone else’s approval for your creative choices
• Just because you’re struggling does not mean you’re failing
• Red Ocean or Blue Ocean? How do you think?
• You must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be.
• Change how you see and see how you change.
• Make yourself strong!
• Good things are coming down the road. Just don’t stop walking.
• For everything I am not there is something that I am.
• Be who you want to be, not what others want to see.

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Blessings!
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