Friday, November 04, 2005

This One's For ShipKicker

"Not everyone is healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives.

There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a distance.

It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go of, or at least minimize, your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships/friendships.

Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention. Which ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage and which ones discourage? Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones are going downhill?

When you leave certain people, do you feel better or feel worse? Which ones always have drama or don't really understand, know, or appreciate you?

The more you seek quality, respect, growth, peace of mind, love and truth around you, the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in front row and who should be moved to the balcony of your life."

`if you cannot change the people around you, change the people you're around`

3 Comments:

At Fri Nov 04, 12:46:00 PM , Blogger Unknown said...

"if you cannot change the people around you, change the people you're around" - now THAT is nice!!!

 
At Fri Nov 04, 03:21:00 PM , Blogger shipkicker said...

that is awesome. particularly the 'there are some people in your life that need to be loved from a distance.' part. if only i could get myself to practice that. thank you for posting that. it will be going in my permanent stash :)

 
At Sat Nov 05, 11:06:00 AM , Blogger j. said...

i was going through an extremely difficult time when those words found me. thank god they did. i have hung onto that slip of paper for the last five years.

 

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