Principles to Live by.

Make sure to surround yourself with those who can positively and effectively influence your life.

If the majority of your friends lack basic principles to live by except, maybe some religious posturing, your life will be filled with pretenses and delusions. 

If almost or all of your friends are the cynical, negative types who derive pleasure, albeit discretely, from your failures and downfalls, it will be very difficult for you to experience a positive growth in your life. 

And if you have a lot of friends whose major pastime is to discuss personalities instead of issues, you’ll end up miserable and unfulfilled most of the time. 

This is all because misery loves company and association induces participation. Only the deep can call to the deep in wisdom while only the shallow can wallow in doldrums like the shallow.

It's a free world. You reserve the rights to choose your friends. Choose wisely!