If you know a Place or Person or a thing is bad for your soul should you avoid them at all costs?

Answer 1

If you do not have peace about a person or place, then if at all possible, avoid that which causes you to lose that peace. Losing our peace in a situation is God's way of letting us know what is and is not in our best interest. You will never be satisfied until you remove yourself from it.

Answer 2

Yes. But maybe not "at all costs". The miserable love company, especially someone NOT like them. If you go out of your way to avoid them, they will try harder. Even relatives can bring you down, and they do not have any special rights.
Think of the story of Vampires.
1. They are not living.
2. They have to feed off of the living.
3. They can only get you if you invite them in.
Compare with toxic people.
1. Their lives are all dramas.
2. They have an insatiable need to get your sympathy, and use you.
3. They can only get you if you let them in your life.
The common solution?
Not a real stake through the heart. Just the painful Tough Love that is necessary for them to break the vicious cycle they are stuck in. Or enough to make them find a new victim.

Answer 3

If it is bad person, avoidance is not a good attitude for me to get rid of him or her. It is a surrender to goodness of a person. Every bad person has a goodness within a person. There is no person who is totally bad. Just give him or her a chance and you will know the true person within.

If it is a bad place, then contribute something to make the place a good one so everybody could enjoy and make use of that place. Make the place environmental friendly. You will even help promote a good environment and also contribute to the Mother Earth.

If it is a bad thing, say using drugs, cocaine or a similar thing, at all cost avoid those things and instead join a campaign drive to against it. This is also away to avoid young children and adult to be hooked on it.

Have a nice day!

Answer 4

I know nothing of souls. But if anything is bad for your body it makes sense to avoid that - although one only realizes this in old age! And, apart from drugs, if anything is bad for the mind, how would you know unless you investigate? Some exercise should make it capable of handling anything supposedly "bad" for you - and it gets the exercise by exploring. The cost of avoiding anything with the mind is always stultifying loss. After all, it IS the only part of the human body that can re-shape itself, using only itself to do so. So it's a lot more capable than most people think - largely because they don't.

Answer 5

If you know that you make bad decisions when you are with a certain person or in a certain place then yes, you should stay away from that person or place. Avoiding them "at all costs" is a bit extreme, but that depends on the circumstances etc.

Answer 6

My soul is important to me, so yes, I would avoid those places and persons at all costs.

Answer 7

well, consider your religion. you say you believe you have a soul, like most christians believe (i'm just using this as reference. i'm not assuming you are a christian). Since God cherishes our relationships with each other (since that is all we really have in this world that will be passed onto the next world) saving a relationship with someone is more ideal then avoiding them. Places and things you should avoid (like strip clubs, dicy hang outs, drugs and alcohol) since you can't change them. But with people it is different.

I personally have had a falling out with a friend and family member (as if anyone here hasn't) and apologizing or expressing understanding is a good way to correct the situation. if you have a friend who is an alcoholic or addict or who is "addicted" to trouble, you can only do so much to help them recognize that their behavior is hurting them and others around them (like you). Loving a friend or family member from afar and expressing your need for them to be themselves and avoid the things that are making you uncomfortable will help them realize that if they continue with their behavior, not all of their friends are going to be so nice to actually care if they are healthy and happy. but you do, and they may recognize that they need to change if they want a real friend in their life.

if you have a friend who is in trouble or who can potentially get you into trouble, just let them know that it hurts you and you don't want to be around them when they are acting in such a way. Like i said before, though, you can only do so much.

Answer 8

well yes and no.what if you are your own enemy then how do you avoid that?do you hate yourself or do you make yourself better? sometimes things can be bad and a distraction to many of us like boyfriends,girlfriends,and friends in general..i thought that my bf was the one that made me do bad in school yet it was me as a person who did that to myself..i cannot hate myself but rather accept what i have done,learn something and move on..i also accepted that my bf is not bad for me even though we argue sometimes yet he is the person who puts up with me.i guess that what i am trying to say is the following:follow your guts since it never lies..use your brain and heart to make the right decisions and only you know if something is bad or if you think that it is bad and if so avoid those people and situations..best of luck

Answer 9

If you can't resolve the issue that you have with a certain person or place then for me i would close contact with them. You probably won't be very happy if you associate yourself and it will soon affect your way of life. If you care about that person though you should do your best to work it out but maybe space is good for the time being. That helps too. Goodluk!!

Answer 10

wow..are names are close..anyway

Yes, because once you give into allowing that person, place or thing into your life, your more likely to let it happen again. Or you will completely lose sight of what you know to be true and right. Its a much worse feeling when you have given into someone or something against what you know is right. Avoid it at all cost.

Good luck .