Sometimes I find myself simply shutting out the negative people around me. It’s just easier than to get enmeshed with the drama and never ending circle of nonsense. I realize that a lot of these types of people are master manipulators and will try almost anything to rope you in. But after standing my ground on more than a few occasions they’ve just stopped. I make it clear what I will and will not tolerate. I may apologize that they feel the way they feel but never do I assume responsibility for their feelings. If I take one step forward with my right foot, there are 100 people out there who may interpret that one step in 100 different ways. Once I comforted myself in the fact that their interpretation is no reflection on me and refused to let the interpretation, whatever it may be, influence me and my decision making, I experienced a happier self and clearer mind. Just let them go.