When it comes my relationship with people, there this three group of individuals that I cannot cut off from my life, irrespective of who they have become or what they did to me.
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Who are this group of people?
Those who were with me when I was nothing. This set of people who contributed to my success and stayed with me even when I had nothing to offer to them.
Those who are still helpful to me now. This are the people who are still making sacrifices for me and are currently putting effort to see me grow and succeed in achieving my goals.
The third group of people are those who will later be useful. This are the future helpers, their use will not be needed now.
This is not about who this people are, their personalities or whether they are goof or bad. I have come to realize that whoever comes into my life are not there by chance, but for a Divine and specific purpose.
It is common with people to cut off friends who were with them when they finally become rich. I understand, they feel, those people are no longer in thesame level with them because their financial level, knowledge and mindset has changed.
Also people have also decided to throw away valuable friends just because they are bad in their character. Because this people have flaws, different beliefs from that of yours, you immediately decided to cut them off.
Although, keeping some of these people in your life might hinder your growth in life and give you a bad reputation, but cutting them off completely is not the right to do either. Don't ever shut the door on them completely, know how to keep and manage the relationship so that you can access them easily whenever you need them.
Change is constant. people change always. Those who are not useful today will be useful tommorow. Remember you were nobody also when you started, and you were a burden to those who were better than you then.