I was thinking….
I wasted a lot of time on people who didn’t respect me, who used me, who really didn’t like me, and who were jealous of me. Older people always used to -I’m southern. Leave me alone- say guard your spirit, baby. I thought I knew what it meant, but now I really see the true meaning of those words. They meant that enemies will not enter your life as enemies, friends, and family, and they will also pull close to you and act like they are all for you. When in reality, they are sabotaging you from the sidelines, hating everything that you are doing. They will throw rocks and hide their hands while putting you in the wrong direction as a distraction.
Guard your spirit means guarding your space, your time, your energy. There have been plenty of people I have kept around longer than I should have because I thought they were good for me only to later find out or “feel” that they had bad intentions for me. Letting people reveal their true colors to me was the best thing that I could do. It’s something about just sitting back and listening, and letting someone’s true intentions show up. Like unh huh, I knew something wasn’t right bout yo ass.
When I stopped letting everyone do my hair, my hair began to flourish. I stopped listening to what people were telling me (gossip), and my thoughts got clearer. I stopped taking people’s word on everything, and my intuition started kicking in. People started thinking I was moving funny when I no longer stood for being manipulated. When in reality, they were the ones who were always moving funny. I stopped eating everyone’s food (and Lord knows I loves me some food, and I became celibate (sigh- I just..).
I said all this to say. You never know someone’s intentions when they do anything for you (especially praying, but that’s a different post), when they say anything to you (they may be feeding you the wrong info), and sometimes, them just being in your space can send bad energy. Bad energy and intentions are real. That’s all it takes. Some people go the extra mile and pray for your downfall or put things in motion themselves.
Learn to protect yourself from these vibes. Fall back from people that you’re not sure about and see what reveals itself. Pay attention to your body when you’re around certain people. Do you tense up when they come around? They mean you no good. Listen to what they tell. Do they always have something negative to say? Do they always talk over you? Did you realize that they never congratulate you when you have good news? If any one of these were a yes, they mean you no good.
I know people don’t like burning bridges, but this is not that. This is pulling back your energy from people and regaining your peace. Oh yeah, this means on social media too. If you don’t want to unfriend someone or almost everybody, you just need to be more cautious about what you post. Don’t post anything that’s in progress (no ideas, no plans, early pregnancies). You’ll be surprised how good your life may become after pulling away from certain people and not letting people know what good is happening in your life.
This post wasn’t even supposed to be this long, but this was on my spirit. As always, talk to you later Ladybugs.
