Keep Your Negative Energy To Yourself

A few weeks ago, I began meditating, and learning to open my third eye. Before I did this, I was sure to read on the effects of doing such. Last night, I was talking to a long-time friend back home, and this woman seems to live a life full of drama and negative people. Sometimes, I wonder how will her children turn out, from witnessing so much arguing, and a torn familial bond. Anyway, I had a headache from being up all day reading and writing. While we were conversing, she was telling me about all of the madness going on within her family. I love my friend, and I am always trying to help her understand that, she must remove herself from the scene, especially being pregnant with her now, sixth child. However, during her slight rant, my headache seemed to pulsate with every word that she spoke. I was happy that she ended the conversation, because I was so drained and tired that I fell asleep with everything still on in the house. Anyway, I seem to have become more susceptible to the negative and positive energy of other people. If I'm around a person, that is in a good mood, or happy I instantly feel the same way, but if a person is angry about something, I tend to get headaches and feel tired. I'm not the kind of person that sits around and talk about other people. Usually, I remove myself from that circle, because of experience. A young lady that I met, when I first moved to Florida was cool and everything, but whenever I'd hang out with her, she would talk about other females, that were her so-called "friends". Then, the next time I saw her, these same "friends" would be over chatting and drinking with her. That made me start thinking, well "if she talks about them to me, I wonder how does she talk about me to them". I immediately removed myself from her presence. We live in the same neighborhood, but I make it no point to stop and visit her anymore. I don't feel bad about it, I even quit a job due to the energy I was acquiring from that environment. To come to work and leave with a headache was outrageous. What was even more interesting, was how the headache would subside once I was off the premises and on my way home. I do everything I can to keep the energy in my home light, and positive. Therefore, many people are not invited, those I have invited either were in the city I live in, but never made it. That is fine by me. I do not want people coming into my home destroying what I have built, by leaving behind their negative energy to linger and taunt me. Simply put, if you feel drained or dragged down by friends that, constantly complain, then it is time to remove yourself from their presence.