Changing my contact list

Greetings!

There's a popular saying that says, “show me your friend and I will tell you who you are.” This saying is not just a saying, but a saying with deep meaning.

One thing I have got to know in life is that, for one to make progress and record an unprecedented success in life, such a person needs people that are good and that are of the same mind as him or her.

Having talked so much about people and friendship, I would like to delve into the topic of the prompt which is all about, “new year, new people.”

Just yesterday while having conversation with a friend of mine, Shola by name, I told him that I wanted to change my contact list. When I said this, this friend of mine was confused as to what I meant by this.

However, he asked me how I'm going to do it and then I began to explain to him that there's some people I would like to cut off my relationship with. He asked if he's among those friends of mine I have promised to end my relationship with, but when I checked vividly, I realized he's among them.

But in the course of our discussion, I told him that there are some people that are not good and that would not be needed in the course of my journey next year. These set of people have not in anyway added to my life positively. In fact, I can say that these people are the one setting the pace and the tone of my life backward. Had it been I have not known them before now, maybe I would have moved forward more than where I'm today and for this reason, I told him I would try to change my contact or friend list in the coming year.

When I had told him.all these, he was surprised and he further asked if these people are poor or rich, but i answered him that it's not because of their statuses that I'm cutting off my relationship with them, it's only about moving with people of like mind. I told him that there's some of them that are rich but would not complement my vision which is different from theirs and that there are poor or average ones among them that are only selfish about their own needs instead of being concerned about me too.

Furthermore, I told Shola that no one is perfect including me as I also believe that some of them would also be planning to do the same thing that I have in mind to do, but that I'm not bothered about anyone who would not be that useful to my purpose in life.

After we had talked at length, Shola was convinced as to why i have made up my mind and he too now promised to act in that manner if need be next year.

In conclusion, it's not that I hate those people I would not want to have any relationship with in my life, but it would be better for me if i choose purposeful relationships over emotional relationships.

This is my entry to week 198, Edition 02 of the weekly Featured contest in the Hive Learners community.

Thanks for reading.

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