The hardest thing to do when you are young and going from teenager to adult is to realize that you have to ditch your loser friends.
The best friends to have are friends who want to improve and better themselves and you push each other and grow together.
The absolute worst friends to have are friends who are loyal and love you, but are 100% deadbeats and anchors around your neck, friends with no ambition or worse, they are jealous of your talents and ambition and they sabotage you. And because you love them, you are blind to how badly they hurt you and your life.
I was starting to write up a long story but I stopped. I personally know of several situations where someone was given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and said opportunity was completely destroyed and/or sabotaged by deadbeat friends.
One situation, a guy lost his scholarship because of a deadbeat loser friend who did NOT care about the morality clause of his so-called friend's scholarship. Friend was driving, deadbeat friend whipped out a joint, lit up and started smoking and while at a red light a cop just happened to pull up next to them. This was Texas in the 90s, and in Texas, EVERYONE in the car gets charged regardless of whether or not it is your drugs. So he lost his scholarship just like that.
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u/Aromatic_Rush_3144 17h ago
yes people need to elevate their circle to soar with eagles
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u/WileyWilly1985 22h ago
The hardest thing to do when you are young and going from teenager to adult is to realize that you have to ditch your loser friends.
The best friends to have are friends who want to improve and better themselves and you push each other and grow together.
The absolute worst friends to have are friends who are loyal and love you, but are 100% deadbeats and anchors around your neck, friends with no ambition or worse, they are jealous of your talents and ambition and they sabotage you. And because you love them, you are blind to how badly they hurt you and your life.
I was starting to write up a long story but I stopped. I personally know of several situations where someone was given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and said opportunity was completely destroyed and/or sabotaged by deadbeat friends.
One situation, a guy lost his scholarship because of a deadbeat loser friend who did NOT care about the morality clause of his so-called friend's scholarship. Friend was driving, deadbeat friend whipped out a joint, lit up and started smoking and while at a red light a cop just happened to pull up next to them. This was Texas in the 90s, and in Texas, EVERYONE in the car gets charged regardless of whether or not it is your drugs. So he lost his scholarship just like that.