[opening up to the wrong individuals, the slow process of learning to identify toxic people when they stray into your orbit]
One of the things I've been learning (or re-learning) recently is that the maxim "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with" is often true in a lot of unexpected ways, and that often there are people who are good people, who you like, whose friendship you value, who nonetheless can be toxic to you and the life you want to live. It's a hard lesson to learn.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2012-02-27 08:30 pm (UTC)One of the things I've been learning (or re-learning) recently is that the maxim "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with" is often true in a lot of unexpected ways, and that often there are people who are good people, who you like, whose friendship you value, who nonetheless can be toxic to you and the life you want to live. It's a hard lesson to learn.