268. Why are you hanging on to things you don't want? (Mentally and Physically)

We worry so much about what other people think when what we truly should be the most worried about is what we think. If I keep living my life trying to fit into everyone else’s I may seem happy to them but inside I’m slowly losing myself. If I drink because other people will have more fun if I do, but I don’t want it, what am I telling myself? I’m saying to myself you don’t matter. And let me say this harsh truth…if I do that and I resent my friends now because I drink even though I don’t want to, who’s fault is that? My friends? Nope. It’s mine. It’s just like being irritated that you’re keeping a piece of art you don’t like and the only reason you keep it is because great grandma painted it. Either find something you love about it or let it find its way to a home that will love it. That is something I learned in my FENG SHUI course. Only things you love should have a place in your home. Just because someone else loved it once doesn’t mean it’s right for you. The same goes for your habits and beliefs. It’s not my job to keep being the same person someone else wants me to be. It’s my job to be the person I want to be and the right people will stay and the others will drop off and that’s ok.