Two great quotes from Wayne Dyer

"how people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours"

Lately, I have unfriended certain individuals from Facebook and in some cases this ‘unfriending’ may also spill over outside of the social network which is ok for me.

This decision was not made lightly but it was a necessary thing to do. 

With one individual, I sent her a message telling her of my decision to unfriend her.  My message was not to hurt this individual in anyway.  The drama surrounding this particular individual was not something I wanted to be part of or associated with.  It would go so far that on a few occasions if I made a comment associated with a picture of a border collie not bred by this individual, I would get some flack.  While I love my Hob Nob line, I also admire many other border collies not related to my dogs and I enjoy giving compliments to their owner and/or breeders!  This individual seems somewhat antagonistic if positive comments are made outside her own wonderful line of border collies!

"Change the way you look at things and the things around you change."

I made a conscience decision that I needed to move on and away from certain people in my life for they were not in the same place i was working towards getting to for myself.

While life offers it’s ups and downs, it is still a work in progress for me to look towards the good of any ‘downs’ that are presented to me. 

When I find myself irritated with any particular individual, even to the point of them being disrespectful towards me, I take a deep breath and then focus on my response being in the positive rather then allow myself to get drawn down into the negative hole that they want to bury me in with them. 

This is where I can change the way I look at things in order for the things around me to change.

It is not up to me to change how people view things in the hopes of making them see the negative impact they surround themselves in.  These individuals only see themselves as being the victims yet fail to acknowledge their role in creating all their negative drama.

As I get older I would like to think that I am also getting wiser:>)  I will no longer allow myself to be dragged down by others negativity.

I have the ability to control & how I choose to react to unpleasant people.  I find it best to surround myself with individuals that are walking down the same path as I open myself up to their positive influences on my life. 

I will continue to work towards changing the way I look at things in order for the things around me to change.