All my life I have loved people and valued relationships. Yet early in my life I realized that most of my friends were not on the same journey I was choosing to take. After I discovered the impact that personal growth could have on a person's life, I became highly intentional about growing. Many of my friends were not. When I saw this, I realized I have to choose between my future and my friends. It was a painful choice, but I choose my future.
My dad used to tell me all the time " Birds of a feather flock together ". He said this because he wanted me to be aware of any negative influences in my life when I was a girl. But the truth is just as important when applied to positive influences. If you want to be a growing person, you need to spend time with growing people. And you also need to hang around with positive learner. As there is an old saying " A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses". This means your friends will either stretch your vision or choke your dreams. Some will inspire you to higher heights. Others will want you to join them the couch of life where they do their least. Because not everyone wants to see you succeed, you have to make a choice. Are you going to let the people who aren't growing bring you down? Or are you going to move on.
There are many roads in life that lead to nowhere. And there are plenty of people who will invite you to follow them there. Wise is the person who fortifies his/her life with right friendship. Just say "no" to the wrong people who take away the time you have to spend with the right one.