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."
Meaning, as long as we are doing well, we can count on our friends being
around. It's when we are facing adversity whether it be financial or
ilness, etc., then we find out who are true
friends are.