Below
is a link to an awesome article that individuals undergoing some sort
of spiritual growth and awakening would likely be able to relate to.
http://www.the-open-mind.com/21-traits-of-an-awakening-soul/
One quote in particular caught my attention:
"If
we don’t learn how to set proper boundaries, we can get tired easily
from taking on other people’s emotions. Energy Vampires are drawn to us
like flies to paper, so we need to be extra vigilant in protecting
ourselves at times."
I
feel this 100%! I felt I was surrounded by energy vampires wanting attention
from me that they would be happy to get from any person willing to give
it to them when I frequented the bar scene years ago. The internal
discord within these individuals had them
throwing themselves all over the place, without regard to who they may
be hurting or making uncomfortable with their haphazard scattering of
fake sunshine.
Guys
would get a bunch of girls' numbers over the course of a
night and eventually text/facebook/call them all and tell
them basically the same thing (you're so beautiful, I think you're so
awesome, blah blah blah, etc), and then the girls would do the exact
same thing right back - a genuine reflection of eachother's fakeness!!
None of them really meant the kind things they said; but then again,
none of them really bothered to take the time to really get to know who
this "awesome" and "beautiful" person was. Their whole definition of
beauty and goodness was based on shallow, insignificant trivialities.
At
the end of the day, both were disgusted with the other, knowing deep in
their heart that they were being lied to, and their true bond came in
the form of shared self-hate. It's kind of sick when you think about it:
no love, just two scared suckers looking to masturbate on eachother.
Wake up world and LIVE!!!
Put the "v" back in the lie and Value what this life has given, is
giving and will give if you let it!!