Spend More Time With People Who Only Want To See You Smile  

 Danielle Drislane
Danielle Drislane

Spend more time with people who believe in you; people who push you to do the things that scare you and people who push you to pursue your dreams no matter how absurd they seem to be.

Surround yourself with people who don’t belittle your creativity or your talents and surround yourself with people who know what you’re capable of even when you don’t know it yourself.

Surround yourself with those who reassure you instead of those who make you doubt yourself.

Spend more time with people who make you laugh when you’re down and people who don’t take life too seriously. Surround yourself with those who are able to laugh at themselves — those who don’t pretend to be perfect and don’t expect you to be either.

Surround yourself with people who respect you for who you are not for your money or your education. Find those who love you for your soul — the ones who are not expecting you to do anything for them. Find those who prefer quality over quantity.

Spend more time with people who teach you how to be better, dream bigger and love harder.

But more than anything, spend more time with people who make you feel loved, people who remind you of your worth and people who truly appreciate your presence in their lives.

Stay away from those who think you’re replaceable, those who think you’re temporary and those who make you feel like you don’t matter.

Stay away from people who only want you to forget someone else or people who only run to you when they need something from you.

Stay away from people who make you feel like you have to change because you’re not good enough or smart enough.

Stay away from people who drain you to lift themselves higher and stay away from those who smile in your face then stab you in your back.

Because the people we spend time with influence the way we see the world and the way we see ourselves and it’s important to find people who make you feel that the world is beautiful and that you are beautiful too.

Spend more time with people who don’t make you feel alone and find people who only want to make you smile. Thought Catalog Logo Mark

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