This trait of happiness is another of the things that mother tried to teach me as I grew up. Happy people choose their friends wisely, they tend to associate with happy people. There is some truth to the axiom that you are who you associate with. When we find ourselves in a group of happy people, we tend to be a lot happier. Just yesterday we attended a REMax spring meeting with Terry Watson as the guest speaker. It was a wonderful meeting, he is a dynamic, entertaining and most importantly informative speaker! The great thing was he didn't attempt to sell us on anything! Anyway, he made the point that we are just alike the 7 people that we spend the most time with.
He went on to point out that our average income would most likely match the average income of those 7 people who we spend the most time with. We tend to become just like our friends, we may not do the same thing as a career, yet we will attain similar levels of success. I found this amazing! Although I have no desire to call up 7 of my friends and ask them what they make a year! We all have the same tendencies as our friends. The friends we choose also have an effect on our attitudes and outlooks on life.
Do any of you have a friend who is always negative? I know some people who I consider dear friends but it is a grind to spend time with them. They drain all of the energy right out of me. I have other friends who lift me up and energize me. Don't get me wrong, I believe that happiness, attitude and outlook are a personal choice, but if I am around positive, energetic, happy and positive people, it is much easier for me to maintain these traits. I have friends who due to the grind of everyday life, we don't get together very often, but when we manage to do so, we have a great time, it is like we have seen each other on a daily basis!
The people who you choose to associate with have a definite impact on our lives! When I was out of High School and still single, I, along with several other unmarried single people, attended a church meeting where one of the leaders in the church made the prediction that he could tell who we were going to marry. We, to say the least were skeptical. He went on to say, all that he had to do to make such a bold prediction was to look and see who we were daiting. At the time, I really didn't see the impact the people who we associate with have on our lives. As I have grown older I see the wisdom in this man's words has become very apparent!
I now understand why my parents were so concerned with who my friends were when I was growing up. At the time, it may have been their way of seeing that I wasn't actively seeking trouble, now I think that they understood the impact that my friends would have on the outcome of my life. It isn't too late to change, we can associate with different people, we can always change. That is the beauty of this life, it is ever changing and ever evolving! We can make that change much easier by associating with people who lift us up! Don't Worry, Be Happy and choose your friends wisely!
Blossoms
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