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The decision to distance yourself from toxic people, will give you the love, esteem, happiness, and protection you deserve.

Some people thrive on finding fault in everything other people do, arguing about everything, and trying to control others. They have tunnel vision and unless you fit into their narrow ideas about how people should live their lives, they take issue with you. If you don’t fit their mold of what is right, they feel the need to criticize and gossip about you, and interfere in your life.

These people are closed-minded, opinionated, and judgmental. Somehow, they feel that they are smarter and better than other people; they feel that they know more about how you should live than you do. Moreover, many of these people feel the need to try to manipulate you and change your life, while ignoring all the personal problems in their own life.

People like this are toxic, and the more you distance yourself from them, the better your life will be. They do nothing but bring stress and division into your world. Their closed-minded world view causes them to live in a small bubble, unable to comprehend that everyone has the right to live their life their way.

Instead, they try to control everyone around them. Their attitude is that you will fall in line or they will make you a pariah. They will interfere in your marriage or personal life, demanding that you accept their values as yours. They can’t stand anyone who has the guts to stand up to them or who refuses to accept their “superior” views.

These people are toxic! Don’t allow anyone to take command of your life. You were not put on this earth to live up to someone else’s standards. No one has the right to interfere in your life or to demand that you live your life by their standards.

They are free to have their opinions, and you are free to completely ignore their opinions, or to not listen to their opinions to start with. They do not have the right to demand that you respect their opinions or that you live by their standards. Have the courage to live your life your way! Don’t be afraid to remove toxic people from your life. That is the only path that truly leads to lasting inner peace. Bohdi Sanders ~ author of the multiple award-winning book, The Art of Inner Peace, available from Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1937884279. Signed copies are available from: https://www.the-art-of-inner-peace.com/.