I am what I think

It is so easy to utter a word about someone in front of that someone that can potentially intoxicate them to the point that they believe it is true. Most often than not, there's no need for someone to actually say something directed to us, rather their behavioral patterns is what triggers us to associate ourselves as being one of their kind and hence, to slowly lose our true sense of personality and perhaps to even lower our self-esteem over time.

Realistically speaking, we live in a world where we are so easily influenced by certain people and implicitly their opinions about us; it has come to my attention that we do tend to take to heart things that are said to us by not so important people in our lives and that's the turning point when doubting ourselves comes into play; the way I see it, were those people to genuinely care about us or were they meant to be part of our lives, they would never directly hurt us, let alone make use of manipulation tools to bring us down.

When we allow this to happen, we lose our very essence: our principles, our core values, our personality traits, our purpose in life, our mission etc. I want to put emphasis on the "allowing" part, because let's be honest, only when we let the door widely open for people to just enter in our lives, do we basically allow for potential disappointments or lies or stress to occur and dominate our minds. Manipulation of this sort is frequently met these days, and once it comes in contact with us, we barely notice the manipulative influence that others have on us and will continue to execute on us.

Unless, we friendly shut the door and allow only the people that we know for sure they care about us and want what's best for us; in other words, the kind of people who bring out the best version of ourselves without wanting us to change for them or with them. Yes, I have met and heard mean people doing that and I sometimes find myself asking: " What is their purpose for doing this?" I still don't have a concrete answer to my question, yet I know that they enjoy doing wrong to other people because they are just mean people, and I shall not surround myself with them. I respect myself too much and I care about my principles to a great extent, than to let people of this sort kill my vibe and everything that I stand for, just because they have nothing better to do with their lives.

We are all delicate flowers in a continuous growth towards personal fulfillment; why let obstacles prevent us from growing, especially when it is us who can avoid them, by simply choosing to walk away when we sense something fishy.

Choose to believe in yourself first before others do; you are the only one that matters and you determine how others behave around you and with you. Stay true to yourself and walk away if something is not in adherence to your principles and values. Believe you have the power to walk away, as there is nothing really stopping you to do so!