Types of People in Your Life

The sooner you realize that the only opinion that matters is yours, that day, you’ll have discovered something that very few have…a key ingredient to true Happiness.

Bear in mind that only God’s love is eternal. The people in your life are classified into four quadrants:

1^st 25%

This is a crowd of people who will NEVER EVER like you. It doesn’t matter what you have ever done or never did..they just don’t like the fact that you breathe. These people may or may not even know you, may or may not have ever had a tete’ a tete’ with you, may or may not even have ever said hi to you. I remember once a student came to the office and asked me, “By the way why do you have beef with so and so?” My first response was, “Who in God’s name is that?” Like I swear it hadn’t hit me who that was and even when it did, it was someone who I have never even talked to or said hi to. Sad how one can waste their energies bad mouthing someone who doesn’t even know they exist huh? Yup, Pretty sad.

2^nd 25%

This is a crowd of people who don’t like you but if they knew you or talked to you, would like you. These mostly are people who have only heard hearsay about you, mostly negative and believed it. These are people who may have only met you at your worst and judged you by the moment. These are people who only know what you are and not who you are. These are the people you may work with or school with, your neighbor who just simply cause maybe you don’t pay attention to them, dislike you. These people given a chance to know you, would change their perspective concerning you. These are people who give you the benefit of the doubt though seem to lean on the negative side.

3^rd 25%

This is a crowd of people who do like you but go behind your back to say things about you to others. These are the people who hang on to your every word but when you’re not around their insides turn. These are the people who flatter you but are jealous of you. These are the people who want to be not just like you, they want to be you. The people who befriend every friend of yours and try to make them theirs. You actually know this crowd in your life because when faced with a problem, you’d so much rather ask for help from a total stranger than them because you’re afraid they will preach your issues. This crowd don’t know your deepest darkest secret cause you keep it from them fearing for your personal life. Sadly, most ‘friends’ lie here.

4^th 25%

This is the heaven sent crowd. Your Folks are in this crowd and so are your siblings. Your best friend and confidante lies here as well. Your better half should be here too. This is Family…the people who get you on your feet, the people who are your rock and foundation, the people who pray and intercede for you. The people who don’t sleep when you have a problem. These people aren’t relatives, they are family. Relatives are chosen for you but Family, you choose. This crowd loves you even at your worst and will never tire of helping you. This crowd loves you regardless. This crowd is your guardian angels.