Surround yourself with these folks

Have you ever noticed that you tend to pick up habits of those that you hang around? If you hang around people who sit around all day and play video games, it won't be long before you decide that it's a lot of fun sitting around playing video games.

On the other hand, if you surround yourself with people who like to go hiking and exploring the great outdoors, it probably won't be long before you decide that you, too, like hiking  and exploring the great outdoors. Now, there's nothing wrong with either of these scenarios but I think we can all agree that one is more productive than the other. However, that is not the point I am trying to make.

The point I am trying to make comes from a simple snippet of something I came across. So, today's word is going to be something that I have composed from a simple thought: "Surround yourself with people who push you, challenge you, make you laugh, and make you better."

Whoever we decide to "hang" with will have an influence on us, good or bad. If we surround ourselves with people that are slothful, we will find ourselves taking on slothful tendencies. If we surround ourselves with people that are always negative, we will find ourselves producing a lot of negativity. It's not that we aren't our own people and that we aren't responsible for our own selves. It's just that you can't wallow in the mud and not get muddy.

Everyone needs a friend, and we should certainly show ourselves friendly to everyone. However, we need to keep our guard up and surround ourselves, spend the bulk of our time with folks who make us want to be the best that we can be. And, we do that by surrounding ourselves with people who push us, challenge us, make us laugh, and make us better.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T