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My Truth: We’re Only As Good As Those Around Us
Sooner or later, we get to choose we keep close. This is an extremely important decision. As important as deciding who we want to be.
It is hard to define exactly when we start to choose those around us. Most of us are born into a family and we’ve no say in that. We start having a choice when we first go to school, but the choice is rather limited. At some point, however, we are in almost full control of whom we keep close.
Those around us are those we live with, those we see regularly, those we talk to almost every day. These people shape our thinking regardless of whether we agree with them or not. They shape our feelings regardless of how we feel about them.
If we constantly argue with those we are close to, our minds will be more prone to arguments with those outside our circle too. If those around us make us feel sad or inferior, it is probable that we will feel this way too, and — worse still — that we will try to make others feel so too when we have the opportunity.
The opposite is also true. If those around us challenge us intellectually, we’ll reach levels of reflection and enlightenment we wouldn’t otherwise. If those around us are loving and kind, how could we not reciprocate and — better yet — act similarly with everyone else we come across?
Those around us are extremely powerful. And early enough in our lives, we get to choose them. Let’s choose wisely, because we’re only as good as those around us.