Someone gave this to me some time ago as a handout without author credit. If anyone knows who wrote it please let me know. I found it gently enlightening.
Life Is A Theater… Invite Your Audience Carefully
Not everyone is healthy enough to have a front-row seat in our lives. There are some people in your life in 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 and friendships. Observe the relationships around you.
Pay close attention. Which ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage and which ones discourage? Which ones are on a path of growth and which ones are going downhill? When you leave the company of certain people, do you feel better or worse? Which one is always have drama don’t really understand, know or appreciate you?
Which ones always condemn, criticize, grudge or put you down even in little ways? 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 the front row and who should be moved to the balcony of your life.
Remember that people we hang with will have an impact on the quality of our lives and our own moral, spiritual and emotional well-being. And so, we must be careful to choose the people we hang out with, as well as the information about ourselves that we choose to share with them.
We should not share our dreams with negative people, nor feed them with personal information, which they can turn into something negative.
Who is in your front row?
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Thanks for the post.
I agree with what you said. Having that great front line of people who wish the best for you and will watch your back is important. Especially in recovery.