Some people want you to succeed. Some people want you to fail. It is no secret that there will be people who try and bring you down. It is inevitable. Every day you will receive at least one menacing or hurtful comment from someone. Unfortunately, you can’t avoid al the hate in the world. The hard part in dealing with negativity however, is that sometimes the people who are most determined to bring you down hide behind metaphorical masks. Behind happy faces and what seems to be helping hands can actually be the most insidious people. Too often people push their way into others' lives, they find out their weaknesses, they gain trust, and eventually turn on them with manipulation. But that then leaves the question, how can one avoid being hurt by people like this?

We live in a world where time is limited. 365 days are in a year. Seven days are in a week. Twenty-four hours are in a day. Time is precious so with this being the case, we mustn’t waste any time on negative people. Negativity does one thing and one thing only, it harms others. It will hurt your mental health and well as your physical health. While we are being brought up in a world where we are conditioned to ‘play well with others even if we have problems with them,’ life is too short to do so. If someone gives you nothing but anxiety and hate all the time, why must you play nice with them? Why waste your time dealing with difficult people when you could easily block them out of your life and find someone else who would better you.

Someone who spends their time breaking you down and dissecting you should not be given a time slot in your life. The more you fill up your time with insults and negativity and hate, you will run out of time and energy for happiness. There will be longtime friends that you will find that always seem to bring nothing but insults to you, while yes they have been around for a big portion of your life, sometimes it is better to cut them out so you can see what it is like to be lifted up and complimented instead. The same thing goes for boyfriends and girlfriends. If you are not being appreciated and are not being given positivity from someone then block them out of your life so you can find someone that will.

If you keep wasting time on those who do nothing but bring you down, eventually you will miss out on all the people who want to lift you up in life. Like I said before, there are 24 hours in a day so why waste one single minute on someone who won’t improve the quality of your day. You weren’t born so that you would have to simply put up with unfortunate people, you were given life so that you could enjoy with others who will not only support you but also make those 24 hours feel like they are flying by.