TOXIC PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES - What TO DO?

Greetings dear members of @gems, this time I am going to present you a peculiar topic, which is related to people that from the point of view of many can become toxic in our lives or society in general. And I say that from the point of view of others, because these days I had the great virtue of learning that I must be grateful to life and to them for their existence, as they help me make a better person every day..

I believe that all of us at some point in our lives have been surrounded by people who tend to be negative, self-centered or unmotivating, they particularly tend to fall badly because of their authoritarian way of being, but they are also very manipulative and know how to have control of those who are next to them. These cases can be given by a neighbor, family member, friend or co-worker and what is our reaction to them, we tend to mark distance and catalog them as a toxic or harmful person in our existence, well I do not blame them for it before I also used to do the same thing about it, but today I learned that I must act differently and that is what I will share with you on this occasion.

Es definida como aquel tipo de individuo que se caracteriza por hacer sentir mal al prójimo y ser egocentrista, tienden a emitir una energía negativa en su entorno, social y laboral, son envidiosas y no les gusta que otros se desempeñen mejor en sus labores de trabajo, siempre quieren y creen tener la razón en todo y son los que realizan mejor según su propio concepto todo lo que se propongan.

When I started this topic I indicated that I had learned that I should thank these harmful or toxic people who were in my family, because in this way they are helping me to create in me a better person, and this is because we must always act in a good way and regardless of whether this person has done us good or evil, we go to a biblical quote that says:

PROVERBS 27:17: Iron sharpens iron and man in dealing with man.

This is very true when we want to sharpen a knife we use another knife or a file to obtain its edge and to have a good relationship with our neighbor what we must do is to have contact with that person. So no matter who does you evil or good let us be condescending to all those who are in our environment, perhaps for other people they do not deserve your attention and they will call us fools for serving those who in one way or another have tended to do some damage, but our best reward will come from the greatest, the creator of heaven and earth and that is important and significant for me.

Let us keep in mind that if in life there is someone who has proven to be patient and have mercy on his children, it is God who gave his son Jesus Christ to forgive all the sins that our ancestors had committed, otherwise we would not exist today on this planet and we would not enjoy the pleasant blessing of the gift of life and have our beautiful families.

If the one who is our creator could forgive all those toxic people who were in the world, why we who are his children, we can not do the same with all the negative people we meet and in this way perhaps we will be lucky enough to make a better person out of him by teaching him to do good without taking into account his previous actions.

Until next time friends, I hope you take a few minutes of your valuable time to read and comment. What would you do with a toxic person in your environment?

Bernardo Stamateas. Toxic people. Source:

Holy Bible. (2015). New international version. Source: