Avoid toxic people and toxic situations

As I sit here wrapping up my night I think about my many friends the ones who are living their dreams and the ones who tend to let life pass them by the main ingredient in success and failure is the energy you surround yourself with.  I never understood how people allow other people to set limits on them, my thought process is you know yourself better than anyone knows you so an outside entity could never forecast what you can or cannot do.  My mother once told me to surround myself with people who are at or above my level and when she first told me this I thought it was kind of mean until I grew older and through life experiences it made sense.  The energy you surround yourself with has an affect on you like kinetic energy.  Throughout the years I've learn to let go of negative situations and people, there are some people who love drama, gossip and being stuck in a circle of drama.   Ultimately you cannot change people, they can only change them.   Some people will put their limitations on you because they cannot see your vision or see themselves reaching your goal they impose their limitations on you.  Life is a journey and why not enjoy the process even in a loss there are lessons learned and a victory.  Negative people way you down and can kill dreams.

Putting yourself in stressful situations is just as damaging.  One thing I've learned is certain situations it is better to walk away from than it is to engage it.  There have been plenty of times where a situation steered me from a goal or caused me to put off something I could have easily done at that moment.  My point is life is about growing and part of that growth is nurturing the things you are passionate about when loose or fail.  Enjoy the journey and try to surround yourself with like minded people who support, motivate and encourage your growth.   Well I am going to call it a night.  Thanks for reading.