Everyone Can't Be in Your Front Row

Being in college has its own challenges, not just learning the academia stuff, but also dealing with people. Thus far, I have only had a few unpleasant encounters with a couple of Professors and a couple of students. However, the empowering part of being a non-traditional student is when I know that I don’t have to give those people a ticket into my theatre of life. On the other hand, there are those two or three family members to deal with and the question has always been, “what to do with them?”

One of my best friends sent me a message that helped to answer this question. I’m sharing it with you in hopes that if you are standing at the ticket counter and you don’t know what to do with the different people in your life, maybe this example will help you.

Everyone Can’t Be in Your Front Row

Life is a theatre - invite your audience carefully. Not everyone is holy enough and healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives. There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a distance. It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go, or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships, friendships, fellowships!

Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention to: Which ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage and which ones discourage? Which ones are on a path of growth up hill and which ones are going down hill? When you leave certain people, do you feel better or feel worse? Which ones always have drama or don't really understand, know and appreciate you and the gift that lies within you?

The more you seek God and the things of God -- the more You seek quality, the more you seek not just the hand of God but the face of God, the more you seek things honorable -- the more you seek growth, peace of mind, love and truth around you, the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the FRONT ROW and who should be moved to the balcony of your life. You cannot change the people around you...but you can change the people you are around!Ask God for wisdom and discernment and choose wisely the people who sit in the front row of your life.