Choose your company (people you walk with) wisely.

You become who you surround yourself with.

Energies are contagious, so are your habits too. Everything and everyone in your environment eventually becomes you. You are like a mirror that reflects whatever you put around yourself.

As kids, our parents always tell us to choose our friends wisely. They would associate our behaviour based on how they perceive our friends. As judgemental as it may sound, there's a certain truth behind it I want us to acknowledge;

If you're friends with criminals, you not only running the risk of getting on the wrong side of the law, but as you get familiar with them, you begin to feel that they live a more normal life. Your morals diverts totally in the wrong direction because you seem to believe their activities isn't as bad as they used to be.

• If you're friends with people who complain a lot or those who have a negative outlook on life, it would be hard for you to remain positive around them.

• If you're friends with people who make everything dramatic, it would be hard for you to find your own peace around them.

• If you're friends with liars, you will unknowingly spill out lies when things go out of control because this is the escape techniques you've learnt from your friends by watching them do it.

The people you surround yourself with will mould and shape who you are. This is positive growth. The only chance you have here is to choose and filter your friends. You get used to their behaviour, attitude and habits so much that it shows an impact on you. The dream in your heart may be bigger than the environment you find yourself, which is why you sometimes you need to evacuate that environment to see that big dream of yours come to fulfilment.

One simple way to acknowledge the kind of people you're surrounded with is by asking yourself these questions;

Who are the ambitious people in my friend circle?

Who are the doers and problem solvers in my circle?

Who's on a similar journey as me?

Who inspires me and bring the best of out of me?

Who provides genuine feedback?

And lastly, who's smarter than me??? Always give room for corrections because nobody is perfect.

The answers to the above questions will help us to figure out the kind of friendship circle we get ourselves evolved into. I'm not saying we should hate the people we love because they fall into a category influential or motivational. You can love them but keep them just one step away from your influential group. You should make this balance by striking your table.

So, choose your company wisely. Your direction in life may depend on it and while you're at it, have the courage to be a good friend for those who choose you to be in their top family.

So, as I come to the end of the article, I want us to ask ourselves again;

Who are those set of people you admire and spend most of our precious time with?

We should all have answers to that.

Thanks for passing by to read. See y'all in my next article. Until then, bye for now.