If only iron can sharpen iron, be iron.

Dear Blog diary,

“If you hang around the toilet long enough, you will eventually smell like shit.”

Wisest words my father ever told me. I’ve been incredibly lucky to have the people in my life that I’ve had. Many of them since I was very young.

It is not enough that the people around you do not bring you down. It is not a matter of if they are good or bad people! A person of low character can come into your life and negatively effect you. Sure. A genuinely good person can come into your life but not at all positively impact you to the point where you level up. Both are absolute horse shit in comparison to solitude.

The only replacement for solitude should be the people who fucking empower you. The people that wholeheartedly want to hear about your endeavors, encourage and help you to accomplish whatever it is that you seek, and then without ego or resentment cheer you on and have tribal dance ceremonies around bonfires celebrating your victories because they are ecstatic for you.

More over, you 1000% be that for those around you! Next time you text a friend, don’t ask them how their day was. You care, of course, but instead ask them “what brought you joy today?” Ask them what they had for lunch because you genuinely care about their lives to the point that you actually want to know the little mundane stuff. Then listen.

If you can’t be that person for someone else then I can’t believe that you are a person that can accept people like that into your life without using them in some way. I wish you well with your demons. We do not have the same demons.

The power would surprise you when everything flows. The beauty is that you don’t have to be at the same up or down in life for this to occur. It simply takes kindness, compassion, empathy, and commitment. It is in this that you must be extremely critical of those you choose to be around. There's always give and take. And it's not always so intense. I tend to be dramatic.

I understand why people get lonely in crowds. Trust me, nobody hates being around people more than me. Rather, like Nietzsche said, "I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company."

Cheers,

E