AmyTylda

                  We’ve all heard the phrase “Choose your battles wisely”. To choose one’s battles wisely: To actively choose not to participate in minor, unimportant or overly difficult arguments, contests or confrontations, saving one’s strength for those that will be of greater importance or in which one has a greater chance of success-idioms.freedictionary.com              Often times in life, we’re faced with situations where it feels like a number of things are “attacking” us at once or at times it might just be one thing rearing its ugly head at us. If you’re not careful, you might be tempted to go after all of them. This will most likely end up making you feel drained and discontent because of a truth, not every battle in life is worth fighting. Not everything is worth devoting your energy to. So how then do we figure out the battles worth fighting and the ones we should let go?       Some years ago, I read a book by Ben Carson titled “The big picture-Getting perspe

           I initially wanted to title this post “How to know when a person is toxic for you” but after putting some thought to it, I decided otherwise because I realized “Toxic” is quite a strong word. We tend to just throw it around without realizing the gravity of it. Toxic- Extremely harsh,malicious or harmful-Merriam-Webster Dictionary Let’s just say in life, you’re bound to come across and form connections with people that don’t give you "good vibes". The fact that they don't give you "good vibes" is enough to distance yourself from them and if their presence in your life is detrimental to the extent that it's "toxic" you can cut them off completely. Mind you this doesn't necessarily make them bad people, it just means they're not good for YOU.            Navigating my way through life all these years, I’ve come across some people I’ve had to let go of and there are people that have had to let go of me as well. There ar