Unnecessarily Loyal Friendships

I once let go of a friendship that was constantly draining me emotionally. As much I liked this person, our conversations were never on the same frequency. Each time I discussed an idea and how we can scale the walls of challenges in our environment by commitment and discipline, he would always laugh at me and cite many examples of more brilliant people than us but failed. He will always tell me to calm down. This person had one thousand and one example of how things don't work.Honestly, I started believing this person at some points, but I snapped out of it the day another old friend resurfaced in my life, and he saw things the way I did, and his drive to life was even more significant. I had the ideas, and he had the step by step strategy of achieving the plans.The people we call friends can make or destroy us. If you are constantly feeling bad for having big dreams, check the people you discuss and relate with. It's not impossible that you are not attempting to achieve those dreams because of some unnecessarily loyal and non-value-adding friendship you are keeping.If a relationship is not helping you move forward, review it. If all they do is talk down on your goals, you may want to jump out. You are not extra; they are the ones with myopia.Summary;1. It is okay to move on from a relationship that is not serving your life goals of moving forward.2. It is folly to enter a vehicle not going in your direction because the driver is your friend.He gives understanding to the simple.Oluwaseun David ADEPOJU