Vampire Crabs

Are you aware of the people around you?  I'm talking those individuals in your inner circle who are negative and drain your energy on a daily basis.  Plus, those people around you who don't want for you to succeed and they keep you at their level because it's where their comfort level is.  I call these two groups:  Vampires & Crabs In a Bucket.  If you surround yourself with positive people and let go of those Vampires and Crabs In A Bucket, you will see a definete change in your outlook.   As a stutterer, those Vampires drained my energy and I was living a life of constant exhaustion.  Those Crabs In A Bucket always told me to stay where I was and not to "achieve anything".  After I let those negative people go, my life changed for the better.  I only surround myself with positive people who are going to lift me up and push me out of my comfort zone.  My only regret is I wish I had done this in my 20s, but, everything happens for a reason.