Who’s Your Friend? Who’s In Your Circle?

I remember that girl, Jeannette. She had a friend, Carla. Her best friend, to tell you the truth. They adored each other and always played together. During recess, there was this little corner on the schoolyard that was theirs. No one else could afford, even inadvertently, to take this spot. Jeannette often swells on the future, telling Carla what she wants to do and what she would do to get there. They grew up and all that Jeannette wanted to do, Carla managed to stop him because, according to her, it was not worth it. And yet …

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However, a little later, Jeannette realized that the things she was projecting on a mirror, the projects she cherished so much and that she always gave up, “thanks to the wise advice” of her good friend”, have come true. No, not by Jeannette. Oh no! But of course, by her friend Carla. In the end, she opened her eyes. Yes, she opens them to look at reality very closely. Like a magnifying glass, she scanned everything around her as if to look for a virus in her blood and she was able to discover in her friend’s eyes all the harmful particles that were so invisible to the naked eye, all the slags that covered her. Body and soul. The consequence of her attitude, when she was very close to her, was to step on her, belittle her, steal her ideas. Of course, she could have pulled her up, pushed her to new directions, encouraged her to move forward and succeed. I guess it would have been too good for Jeannette.

Some Carlas surround each of us, and every day we see them, a little sneakier each time. Always ready to suck our blood like parasites. They are close to us to destroy us more easily. It is essential that you know who is with you and who is against you. It is even more critical to choose whom you entrust your projects too. Choose who can have the status of friends or simple acquaintances, and with whom you can share your joy. It is not always easy to recognize them at the first encounter, but when you finally open your eyes to reality, at the end of the eclipse, there is only one thing to do: break that hypocritical bond that binds you to these species.

It is vital for you and only you to know how to define your surroundings. Avoid the Carla, those who always pull you down little by little. Your success does not only depend on your skills, your know-how, or all the intellect that rest in you, but it also depends on your surroundings. The very one who will propel you to the top. These friends will then be worthy of being called “companions of life.”