I have been learning a lot from TRP in the last 8 months, but I have failed to cut off ties with people who are destructive, and disrespectful. I just recently started to cut ties... there comes a time when you start to really pick up on some people's subtle games and manipulation, you realize it is a cycle. You used to think everyone has good in them, and you should bring it out... but you realize it is impossible to do so if those people dont want to change... and it is not your responsibility to save them. You begin to stop feeling bad for people who make it seem as though they were dealt a bad hand... you realize that there is a certain frequency on which everything vibrates... and you start to align your lifestyle with principals in order to match that frequency you stop falling into the same bullshit that is an endless cycle... and you start realizing that everything is based on power, and developing yourself is the way to gain power. You realize that power is not about manipulation, rather it is about being able to control your circumstances and creating a life for yourself.