Birds of a feather flock together. We’ve all heard this and know precisely what it means. So why do we continue to keep company with people we know are no longer on the same wavelength as us? Is it some sort of payoff, comfort or worse still – boredom? In much the same way that our bodies will always respond to what foods you ingest, it’s the exact same with what you put into your mind so let’s examine this further.

When you got started in you MLM, did people laugh at you? Try and talk you out of it? Tell you you were crazy? Like us all – you’re not so special (sorry). And being human means that it’s okay not to agree with everyone. If we did, the world would be a very, very boring place, let’s face it! You can love people where they are at but still disagree with what they are doing, how they live their life and the choices they make. It’s called live and let live. I’m a Christian – I don’t believe in other ‘religions’ but I also have friends’ that do worship outside of Christianity and who am I to judge around that? What’s important to discern here is there is a very thin but clear delineation between disagreeing with someone and then allowing their negative energy to have a negative impact on you.

We’ve all been around people who are either eternally angry, negative, complaining, blaming, sick – the list goes on (and I don’t want to give it any more energy than I absolutely need to). What is important to identify is if the values, needs and beliefs of these individuals start to infiltrate your subconscious mind and you begin to habitually think the same way, then Houston, we have a problem! But seriously, this is why I left being in a job. Because everyone around me was broke, complained constantly about management, never did anything with their lives outside of work, were unable to problem solve, always on sick leave – and then guess what I started noticing? I started behaving the exact same way. Until one day I recognized what was happening. I didn’t want to be angry or blame management for feeling miserable (it left me powerless and I definitely don’t like that feeling), money was slipping through my fingers (and at the time both my husband and I earned good money and had little debt), I started to become lazy in my work duties because I lacked motivation. I was uncomfortable feeling this way because it wasn’t truly me. These people were not operating from a level of creation – more of stagnation. And this doesn’t necessarily just apply to work situations either.

I stopped attending my local Playgroup for much the same reasons. All the other Mums talked about was how hard it was to get by, how sick their kids were, why the Government wasn’t giving them more money etc etc. I just didn’t agree with anything they had to say so I started going on days they weren’t there and discovered that sometimes my son and I were there alone. I figured it was probably easier to just stay at home and play with him here and allow the birds of a feather to continuing flocking together.

Just as drinking poison will make your body ill, listening to poison will make your mind ill. And that is the one and only thing you can control in your life. You can’t control others and how they think and feel about the world. You can’t control the government or your boss or your co-workers. The one and only thing you have full and complete control over is your mind. Junk in, junk out. If you continually put junk into your mind, the world around you will reflect that choice. So right now, stop what you are doing and look at your life. Are you where you want to be? If not, look at those you spend most of your time with. Are they uplifting, encouraging, inspiring, motivating, loving, caring, empowering individuals that want to see you succeed? If not, time to make the break. It’s hard at first, but remember it’s your life! Your outside world reflects what is going on, on the inside. The only one standing guard at the gates of your mind is you. Be conscious of this every moment of every day. A good friend of mind reminded me of this today as I’ve been attracting what I would call those not in alignment with me and what does that mean? That I am out of alignment with Source. It’s not a difficult or time-consuming task but one that is essential to success and needs to be reviewed regularly. Do you really believe the top income earner in your company hangs out on a regular basis with broke people who constantly complain? Of course they don’t. So learn from them.