A good friend sent me the narrative below for posting. Makes one kinda want to take stock of who’s who in one’s life. Spring cleaning for the soul anyone?
The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve.
Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An
important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative
thinking and negative acting people.
As you grow, your associates will change. Some of your friends will not want
you to go on. They will want you to stay where they are… Friends that
don’t help you climb will want you to crawl. Your friends will stretch your
vision or choke your dream. Those that don’t increase you will eventually
decrease you.
Consider this:
Never receive counsel from unproductive people. Never discuss your problems
with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who
never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how. Not everyone has
a right to speak into your life. You are certain to get the worst of the
bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person. Don’t follow anyone
who’s not going anywhere…
With some people you spend an evening: with others you invest it. Be careful
where you stop to inquire for directions along the road of life. Wise is the
person who fortifies his life with the right friendships. If you run with
wolves, you will learn how to howl. But, if you associate with eagles, you
will learn how to soar to great heights.
“A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the
kind of friends he chooses.”
The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom you
closely associate – for the good and the bad.
Note:
Be not mistaken. This is applicable to family as well as friends.
Yes…do love, appreciate and be thankful for your family, for they will
always be your family no matter what. Just know that they are human first
and though they are family to you, they may be a friend to someone else and
will fit somewhere in the criteria above.
“In Prosperity Our Friends Know Us. In Adversity We Know Our friends.”
“Never make someone a priority when you are only an option for them.”
“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit
in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing
attitude….”
~ Colin Powell
Loved, loved, loved this. Run with wolves, you will howl. Fly with eagles, you will soar … absolutely loved that. As to the saying, In Prosperity Our Friends Know Us. In Adversity We Know Our Friends. Boy, if that isn’t the truth in a nutshell, I don’t know what is. The part relating to family is spot on, we love them, always will, but sometimes we just have to step away from them if only to preserve our (at times questionable) sanity. Nice posting, amiga! The CDL, as always, rocks!
Glad you liked it. And thanks again for those “weekend brownies”……..totally rocked!
Love it. Spring cleaning for the soul – how perfect of a title is that?! Excellent job.
Wow, so insightful and truthful! Kind of a wake up call for some as far as me goes. Thank you for both posting and sharing this one CC!