The People You Meet Along The Way

They’re waiting for you.

Whether the road is well worn or it’s the road less traveled you’ll find them. Your perpetuators and your enablers. If that road is the road of your personal growth and evolution, magnetically you will encounter those willing to support you through your process. And if that road is the road of your own inner destruction, the magnet will make sure your inner demons don’t destroy you alone.

My life has been one of many paths, some far more enjoyable than others. There have been mountains of growth and valleys of self-destruction. On those paths I’ve chosen – intentionally and unintentionally – I’d experience more of what I expected to experience, even if I may not have wanted to experience more of it at all. 

People included.

Regardless of my intended or unintended destination, there have always been people willing to either keep me stuck or to lift me higher. Like some sort of tribal magnetism. When I’ve been ready to grow the growth tribe would be found. When I was tethered to a mindset of limitation and lack, there were plenty of like-minded individuals available to share my misery with.

Perpetuators and enablers.

I was recently sent an unattributed quote about the impact of the people we surround ourselves with and how that immediate circle will influence and shape who we will become. Paraphrasing, when you hang around with five intelligent people you will become the sixth. Hang around with five confident people and you will be the sixth. Hang around with five idiots and you will be the sixth.

Hang around with people who don’t see your true worth and soon you, too, won’t see it either.

The chosen path will have its people, and their presence will always impact your path.

One of the greatest gifts in becoming more self aware has been my ability to notice the path that I’m actually on. Knowing where you are provides you with the opportunity to decide if you want to stay there. Because no matter the path we will inevitably encounter those more than happy to keep us on it.

Is your path taking you where you actually want to go?

Perpetuators and enablers.

They’re waiting for you.

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