"A question: What is the best way to deal with those who have an emotionally draining effect on you? Some people have a very energizing effect on me while others seem to just wipe me out totally." 

Consciousness is only one thing. I am that consciousness, as are you. What each of us brings to that one thing effects that one thing. And when we are in each other's event horizon, the effect can be profound.

There are those in the world who, constrained to a narrow vision of what the world is about, find themselves so in need of attention, of energy, that it becomes to them a matter of life or death that they take what they can get. They're not bad, simply misguided. 

What do we do when we find ourselves in this situation? 

The short answer is, don't let them do that. It's not my job to feed others from my energy. We can try to radiate, rather than simply to exchange energy, when around people stuck in this paradigm. The radiation I do is from God, from that infinite source within that never can be depleted. When we radiate, we are giving attention. We are choosing to love. Love is that thing that is multiplied within us when we choose to give it to the world. When we are able to choose this response, then we actually are being blessed by the one who comes to us in need of attention. They have shown us the way to growth.

Today I will notice some one who seems to be in need, and I will give of the light that is within me. I will smile and radiate, I will be the being of light that I know myself to be. 

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