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Choose wisely who you give your energy to. Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you.

 



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Wise words - I love this, thank you

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Perfect  Paula so very truesmile



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smile Paula, so ask me why did I choose to tune in here? The perfect antidote... smile



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I honestly think I split my energy into to to many peices! I need to reconsider loaning,giveing it out at all for a few minutes, hours, days maybe and recoup. Thanks for the thought and reminder!

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Nice simple little quote and so true! hugz!

 



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PP wrote:

Choose wisely who you give your energy to. Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you.

 

 OMG...on the other board we discussed this...like folks "thinking" they have to have toxic family members or acquaintences in their lives out of some kind of "obligation" which I am sure goes back to being stuck w/ family members we could NOT leave due to our youth and dependence on any caretakers available to us....

my stance has always been where does it say I have to have someone who is a constant pain in the a** or a detriment to my sanity/serenity.....I got really slammed by some friends of this toxic sister whom i completely dissociated from b/c she literally was a spiritual vampire to me....i mean there was NOTHING joyful about having her even near me, so i disconnected....got slammed by a few of her supporters,  now one of them is making amends to me b/c he sees her for what she is and i just told him that i forgave him for coming at me b/c he was fooled by her too, but i notice i dont really want to talk w/him as much as i used to and we go back a long ways......

i choose self preservation and i will do it every time.....i have so much energy, as a human, I am going to "spend it well"......thanks for this post, ((((Paula)))))  soooo true....if we all lived by this very very self preserving and healthy rule, there would be a lot less misery in this world......



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You all are so sweet....I know when I turned 60, the realization that I had less left in front of me than behind me, hit me hard.  I am so so selective about where and with whom I spend my precious time. 



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Good one, Paula. Thank you.

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You have read my mind pp, ive been coming to the same conclusion myself. Detaching with love is the key.x



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so true!! Thank you for posting!!

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