LEAVING TOXIC PEOPLE BEHIND - ADVICE

In life, we meet people every day and while most of them remain strangers or a mere familiar face, some of them will become friends or boyfriends or a future bridesmaid. The list is endless. But some people we form bonds with can sometimes end up hurting us, and we're left feeling let down and deflated.

I'm currently in a situation where I have decided to remove myself from a certain person because they're poisonous, and not the person they were when I was close to them. A person who was once friendly, caring and protective is now nasty, ignorant a rude. It can hurt when we have to leave that person behind because once love is created, the ties that bind it are hard to vanquish. But it can be done. And here's how. 

Look around you and see that no matter how much that person hurt you, you have people who love you ten times more. People who respect you more, who have your back more and help you with problems more. Family, friends, even your dog. You are loved, and don't forget that just because one person doesn't give it you. 

Speaking of love... love yourself. Give yourself more love than any man, or any amount of people could give you. You are in your own head every single day for the rest of your life and if you don't start loving yourself now, it's going to be a lot harder. Thank yourself for everything you've done to come this far and be proud of it. Embrace YOU. 

Finally, and most importantly: DON'T LOOK BACK! Once you leave, you leave! When that person pushes you away or causes you pain, that's the moment they lose the right to deserve you, and the moment you gain the right to get your stuff, your pride and yourself going. Leave them to lie in the bed they made and move on to live a happy life with people who love you and want you around. With people who are excited to have you share life with. 

You may love them, but you can love yourself WAY more. 

- Joshua