Friendship is important. Sometimes, it even determines how far we go in life, and this is why we need to be deliberate about the kind of company we pick. We need to be deliberate or intentional about the kind of people we allow into our space. We need to study other people’s content before we feed them into our soul. Life doesn’t come with instructions, we live and learn, so having the wrong kind of friends in our lives can limit us. Most of the time, having the wrong set of people can break us rather than build us.
When we surround ourselves with positive-minded people, there is no limit to how far we can go. They won’t only push us, with their lifestyle and achievements, we can draw strength, and learn how to make it too. Success can be copied. If you learn how someone else achieved their greatness, you can follow suit. With proper guidance and experience from this person, you will also attain.
As earlier said, we need to be deliberate. Destiny is not emotional. If someone is not making you happy or allowing you to be better, let them go. Drop every sentiment and know you deserve better. You need to love yourself enough to know you can’t lower your standard and allow the wrong set of people into your space. Once you allow yourself to be broken, you are the one responsible for yourself.
Judge me by the people I try to avoid. By the set of people you try to avoid and not mingle with, we can easily determine your sense of worth and character.
Show me your friend, and I will determine who you are and who you are striving to be.
A man will remain the same in five years, except for two things; the books he reads and the people he associates with. Your association determines a lot. It speaks volume.
There are people we think are our friends but they are really not, because they backbite, the snitch, they lie, and do all sorts of things that are against our morals. You can’t determine this most of the time, with the first encounter with them, but with time you will see.
Time is always a true test for all things. Face value is false value sometimes, with time, you will know the true value of whoever you have chosen and allowed into your space. When you have seen their content, you can then decide, based on your own values too, what to feed yourself with. If it is against your values, sever the ties, if you know it might lead you to a place you wouldn’t like. You have to know yourself so you can know your limits.
Having the best kind of friends can also be a cure for depression. You would have people who you can easily relate your struggles with, without being the topic of discussion with everyone. If you haven’t found one, be one.
Thank you for your time.
My pen doesn’t bleed, it speaks, with speed and ease.
Still me,
My tongue is like the pen of a ready writer.
Olawalium; (Love’s chemical content, in human form). Take a dose today: doctor’s order.