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There will be friends who don’t. They will be jealous
and afraid every time you make a change. They will see
your new motivation as a condemnation of their own
lack of it. In subtle ways, they will bring you back down
to who you used to be. Beware of friends and family
who do this. They know not what they do.
The people you spend time with will change your
life in one way or another. If you associate with cynics,
they’ll pull you down with them. If you associate with
people who support you in being happy and successful,
you will have a head start on being happy and successful.
Throughout the day we have many choices regard-
ing who we are going to be with and talk to. Don’t just
gravitate to the coffee machine and participate in the
negative gossip because it’s the only game in town. It
will drain your energy and stifle your own optimism.
We all know who lifts us up, and we all know who brings
us down. It’s okay to start being more careful about to
whom we give our time.
In his inspiring book Spontaneous Healing, Andrew
Weil recommends: “Make a list of friends and acquain-
tances in whose company you feel more alive, happier,
more optimistic. Pick one whom you will spend some
time with this week.”
When you’re in a conversation with a cynic, possi-
bilities seem to have a way of disappearing. A mildly
depressing sense of fatalism seems to take over the con-
versation. No new ideas and no innovative humor.
“Cynics,” observed President Calvin Coolidge, “do
not create.”
On the other hand, enthusiasm for life is contagious.
And being in a conversation with an optimist always
opens us up to see more and more of life’s possibilities.