Energy

 I wrote a book years back that focused on overlapping concepts between Christianity and witchcraft... noting that almost every concept in the church could be found in pagan principles still in use today, which is not surprising since most Christian holidays were set up historically on pagan holiday dates and traditions.  Ultimately, I stopped promoting that book when I lost faith in the church.. not Jesus or the gospels, necessarily.. tho the Bible's development and structure has much to question and almost all seminaries DO question it and reject much of it... a little known but entirely true process called hermeneutics.  I know.. I spent years in those classes.  But... I'm getting off topic.

In that book, I wrote a couple chapters dealing with protecting your energy.  I don't fully accept the absoluteness of those words.. some intermixture of ideas, especially, is important.  However, not everyone is WORTH the effort you make for them... a lesson I learned over and over the hard way.  You can, and should, have disagreements with others in your life.  And, you will have disagreement with those NOT in your life.  It's up to you to decide which is which.  If they connect with you in some interest or are friendly and build you up at times, it's valuable.  But, that doesn't apply to everyone.  Tonight, I went through my friends list.  I didn't remove everyone that didn't interact with me. They have their own lives.  But, I was surprised how many in had on there that had not interacted in a very long time and also posted thing contrary to my own values in almost all ways.  The question then becomes.. why.  That's how I've ended up in the wrong social pond and focused on the approval of the wrong crowd so often in my life.  So, I removed about 15.  Immediately, I felt the ENERGY in my social circle elevate and felt much safer to get myself there.  

There is a trend in some social platforms.. cough cough X.. to throw off all limits and restrictions and be an open target.  Indeed, Elon recently removed your ability to block people, despite the growing culture of bullies or worse.  I think you must be in the world to sone degree, but you also are responsible for protecting your peace.  So, I'm putting effort into limiting some from my life and seeking out others to invite, so that my social world is a safe place to be, and I would recommend you do the same.. especially now.