Yesterday while browsing through my Facebook page, I came across the above quote. And it got me thinking, “Is it really always possible to do so?”
It is not that I have not removed “toxic” people from my life before. Yes, I have done it. Some were once my “good friends” who turned rogue. While others were acquaintances. It is easy to do that when you are not living in the same place as that person. Slowly you are able to discontinue all connections and detoxify your life completely. I know those “toxins” must consider me a bitch. But I had to do that for my own good.
But what do you do when you can’t avoid such toxins? What do you do when you have to meet them on a regular basis or worse, share the roof with them? What do you do when the toxin is a relative or a co-worker? Someone you can absolutely not avoid!
At times, these toxins might even be situations instead of people. Situations you don’t like to be in but cannot come out of them either. Situations both on professional and personal fronts. But again, toxic situations are created by toxic people, right!
Such toxins can gnaw up your peace of mind. They make you irritable, unhappy and teary-eyed. They make you feel incompetent, incapable, incompatible and inadequate. The toxic side-effects can sour your personal lives as well. And slowly the real you is subdued and you are reduced to someone fake. Someone who is forced to behave in a certain way to avoid being judged or criticized, and to avoid unwanted consequences. Can you imagine what does doing that for a long time does to you. Over a time, you will just stop living.
Sometimes it is possible to distance yourselves and get away. And many a times, all you can do is pray that He gets you away from these toxins in some miraculous way. Until then, you just have to learn to live with them. Compromise and adjust. But if matters are still in your hand, just go ahead and cleanse your life of these toxins. Until then, detoxification will only sound good in theory.
Natasha'z Points To Ponder 
Agree with you on cleansing our lives of toxic people. And if it cant be done, I feel, we should at least try to become indifferent to their thoughts & vibes and thus maintain the positivity in our own lives. We must try not to let the toxins seep into our own lives!
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Pray FOR the toxic people in your life that you can't avoid. You'll find at first your prayers start out like whining sessions, but over time He'll have you truly praying for their needs and life. And He'll reveal things to you that helps you to tone down the toxicity.Life & Faith in Caneyhead
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Absolutely agree.i read somewhere that if you live for other people appreciation, you will die from their expectations. Detoxify for your own good.
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