Weights or Wings
One of my favorite quotes is, “ If you can not change your friends; change your friends.” Everything in life comes to a fork in the road & some sort of decisions has to be made. Wether it’s paper or plastic or deciding to continue what is for dinner will be a simple decision. But some of these forks in the road will come with more complex choices. The removal of self from a toxic friendship is one of the more difficult choices we have to make in life. People outgrow each other so it’s very common to drift away from someone you may know as a friend.
When you are a great friend to someone, 1 of 2 things will happen. That “friend” will either appreciate you or take advance of you. While determining what card they have up their sleeve, you too will have a decision placed upon you. 2 things people off you in life will either be weights or wings.
Adding weight will postpone your flight & cease you from soaring to new heights. Weight comes in the form of stress, drama, disloyalty, lies and etc. When a friend adds wings, they free you from all shackles & assist you in gliding to your highest possible level.
When Weight Is Applied
Life gives us our own baggage to carry but when we are forced to carry unwanted luggage, it always comes at a cost. The airlines are infamous for letting you know that carrying unnecessary luggage comes at a cost. A real friend would never apply unwarranted pounds on your back knowing you are trying to free your self from every day stress, pain and suffering. Surround yourself around people who keep you sane & help keep the mass light. Jealousy & envy were weights that were applied to Shanquella Robinson by “friends” & she paid those fees with her life.
When Wings Are Applied
But when wings are applied, you are able to freely flight to new heights. Everything from a bird’s eye view is obtainable & can easily be in your grasp. Birds of a feather flock together. If your friends are NOT enabling you to reach your potation & are not up in the sky with you, then a reevaluation should be prescribed & leaving the flock is ideal.
Nas said it best when he said a caterpillar could never imagine what an eagle envisions. So if your immediate circle isn’t offering you wings to take you to new & amazing places, then they can only offer you weights to keep you stagnated. You can never reach new nights in that circle.
