You’ll stop wasting your time
Maintaining a friendship should not be hard work. That being said, a true friend will be willing to work towards building a strong relationship and sorting out any differences that pop up along the way. If someone is not willing to do that for you, you’re better off without them. Seriously. You shouldn’t waste your precious time and energy on people that don’t have a genuine interest in being your friend. That’s like having an iPhone with 1% battery remaining and a broken charger —useless. Friendships should be sincere, and any person who doesn’t really want to maintain a friendship with you is only bringing you down.
You learn what’s important
And that does not include other people’s opinions of you. That does, however, include respect for yourself and acknowledgment of your worth, as well as friends who respect and value you. You deserve friends who will celebrate your birthday at your favorite bar, even if they hate it. You deserve friends who will check on you when they know you are going through a family tragedy. You deserve friends who will hug you when you cry, instead of walking away from you. Above all, you deserve friends who care about you, who appreciate all that you have to offer, and who recognize just how much you’re worth.
And if a person can’t see what a treasure you are, that’s their own damn problem.
