Congratulations on the degree! Another great article of yours to add to the books.

I have a tendency to stay away from those who gossip. I'm not the jealous type and just don't think it's good to tear down others. I tell my people all the time, if you can't be happy for others and their successes, they need to do the deep soul work and figure out why. No one's successes is taking away from them. But I noticed that so called friends sat there and listened to the gossip by others throughout the years. I had to end up distancing myself from a lot of folks, especially when I had my goals and actually accomplished them.

Yup, a lot of people from my school talk s*** about me throughout the years. A lot of my homies died and it affected my life. So some people out there decided to make fun of me about it. Or go silent in my face, but talk about me behind my back. Believed the lies instead of believing me. What do I do about it? Nothing. Realized they wasn't friends in the first place. And realized it's so much better to be on your own instead of being around toxic company, and wait until you find people out there on your same wavelength.

As always, thanks for the great read.