3/11/05: The Elite Inner Circle

Be careful who you allow into your inner circle. The people closest to you are the ones who influence you most on a daily basis. If you are trying to lead a positive, healthy and passionate life yet are surrounded by negative, fearful and complacent people, it will be difficult to maintain your path.

Though we each have control over our own emotions and energy, we are also social creatures. We are easily influenced by society, by others around us and by what we spend most of our time absorbed in, no matter how individual we think we are.

You may not realize it, but spending one hour in someone else’s fear and negativity, no matter how positive you struggle to remain, is harmful to you in ways you cannot see.

It is admirable to want to help others by lifting them up with your positivism, however, if you are sacrificing your own focus & energy to do this, there comes a time when you must help yourself. The best way to help others (and yourself) is to go out and live the best life you possibly can.

Maintain close guard on your inner circle, it is often a reflection of who you are. Life is not a popularity contest. It’s not about how many friends you have; it’s about the quality of friends and family. Be a quality person yourself and you will find that quality people will naturally gravitate toward you and the others will naturally fall out of your inner circle.

Create a supportive, positive, life-affirming inner circle and you will uplift yourself as well as others around you.