My Shrinking Circle

[Grace]

With me it's just that as I've gotten older I have found that the words of wisdom given to me by my mama become more and more relevant with every year that passes:

If you lie down with dogs you get fleas!

When you spend time and/or talk to people who have such negative behavior it rubs off on you. Your positivity never rubs off on them, somehow they just end up twisting it into even more negativity. Like when you try to give someone a helping hand and then they expect more and more and more from you until your cup is empty and you have no more to give so then they start talking trash about you to anyone who will listen, even straight up lying to try to turn people against you- and people just LOVE to believe the worst and spread it down the grapevine. 

I only have a limited amount of time left on this Earth and I refuse to waste any more of it on that kind of bullshit.

I can do just about anything with small town life but gossip... But honestly, I think that's everywhere it just seems more exaggerated in some small towns. 

And I say some because some are indeed worse than others. 

I do think depending on how life takes us anyone's circle will narrow. You end up with a few "real" friends and that's it...