Have Simple Friends

“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.”

—ANONYMOUS

Make no friendships with a man given to anger, and with a wrathful man do not associate.

—Proverbs 22:24

The people we spend time with affect us, so it stands to reason, if we want a more simple life, we should not have a lot of complicated people for close friends. If I am around people who are very intense and always stressed out, they get me stressed; but if I am around people who are peaceful, it helps me remain peaceful too. When I am around people who are lighthearted and thoroughly enjoy even the very simple things in life, it reminds me to do the same.

Having a close relationship with a person who is extremely insecure can be complicated. You find yourself always taking care not to hurt their feelings, instead of being free to be yourself and enjoy being around your friends. Likewise, negative people are not easy to be around. They resemble dark clouds everywhere they go.

Not everyone understands the importance of choosing friends wisely. They merely get involved with whoever is in their space, and quite often those choices are the source of a lot of their problems. Some people could drastically change the quality of their life just by changing who they spend time with.

I have had enough complication in my lifetime, and I don’t want to spend my leisure time with a person who seems to complicate every plan, conversation, and hour we try to spend together. Take an inventory of your friendships, and if they are not nurturing you, then consider making some changes.