You must not run after what everyone else wants no matter how many times anyone says it is the right thing to do. The best thing we can do is follow our own path. We will meet others along the way, and we will also lose others. A thing I see and think about human nature comes from Sun Zu “keep your friends close, and your enemies closer”. You do not even need to pay attention to your enemies. People that are there to bring you down do not need to have a place in your life. The space you make in your life is for your enjoyment, not your pain. You can choose to have whoever you want in your life. If someone does not like that, they should have treated you better. We should respect ourselves enough to want the best people for us around us. If there is no good person now around us, then we can always count on ourselves to fix any problems. The strength in being able to put what you need from the world first means you are taking a step to making yourself feel better. To make the best world for us, we need the best people for us around us. It would be important to have the best job for us around us to help motivate us and grow us. Having The best foundation in place in case something happens that can help support us and lead us back. I enjoy reading about other experiences and what they have had to go through. Whether it was a person from the 1600s or someone from today there is always something to learn from it. People have interesting takes on the things that happen to them. Everyone should also have some kind of medicine or therapy for when things are tough, or you feel in a rough place. Like a life jacket to help you stay afloat. For me, it is music. You can play music, listened too, and contains every kind of music for any kind of mood. When I am angry, I listen to things that would pump me up and make me feel enjoyment again. When I was sad, I would listen to songs that had a great message in the lyrics. Music is one place I feel safe to go to when things are tough. What is your place that you go to when things get tough and how does it help you? Remember that some people may be in your life for a short amount of time but the lessons they can provide for you could last the rest of your life. I used to get mad at certain people I had to deal with but now that I am no longer around them, I look back and think that I learned a lot while they were here. What is an important lesson you learned from someone you no longer stay connected? How has that affected your life? People, experiences, places, things, everything can have a purpose for us. We can look back after, think about the lessons, and experiences these people taught us and how they have helped and hurt our lives.