Yesterday I sat down to plan a post, which I don't normally do since I tend to write on the spur of the moment. I've had a moment to reflect on the way I've been living and the people I've spent time with, so here are a few of the thoughts that surfaced:
- Inner peace is something beautiful to have and strive towards daily.
- The presence of toxic people is detrimental to one's well-being. Casting them out or limiting the time spent with them isn't so much a selfish act as it reflects new-found self-respect. Life's just too short to have your positive energy sucked dry by another who constantly complains without choosing to act on their own issues. That time is better spent in the company of those who uplift us with their presence.
- It helps to learn to enjoy the present moment, to be fully engaged in what you are doing right now. The past is gone and the future hasn't happened yet, be here for life is happening in this very instant.
- It's a pain to go from one yo-yo state to another where you're taken for granted, then being missed because you begin distancing yourself to focus on your own needs that aren't being met. Being played sucks, and it reflects another's unwillingness to become emotionally invested. It also stinks of an attitude where another simply refuses to take any responsibility for their own actions, opting to blame booze or a third party. Would you really want to be with someone like that?
- What does being dear to someone really mean? Are words like 'dear', 'hun', 'love' to be used so whimsically with all and sundry as if they say nothing about the way you feel towards a specific individual?
- "When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake any more. It is a decision." - P. Coelho
- Aggressively evolving on a daily basis means that I cannot afford to be tied down by the backward attitudes of a few. There have been cases where I felt that I outgrew the limitations of being around certain folks, and as painful/awkward it could have been, I do not regret moving on.
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