This is your life.
Whenever you're dealing with pushy or hostile people, it's important to take a stand. You may not be able to control everything that others do to you, but you can choose not to stand in the corner with your head down.
Choose not to let their actions affect your heart and mind. Decide who will be in your life tomorrow and who you will leave behind today. Respect yourself and never let others do the things below to you because you didn't deserve it.
What should you not let other people do to you?
Don't let them involve you in unnecessary arguments
Don't waste your time on people to whom you have tried to explain certain things countless times, but they have no understanding of you. Define your intelligence and self-worth not by the number of arguments you've won, but by the number of times you've said no argument is worth your time.
Don't let others infect you with their negativity
Positivity is a choice. Choose wisely. Be wise enough to walk away from the negativity that surrounds you because it is not worth your time and nerves.
Don't let them bully you
Violent behavior is the wrong way to behave, because the freedom to allow another person to attack your personality does not exist! No one has the power to make you small unless you let them.
Don't let your friends be dishonest with you
If they are not honest, then they are not real friends. You can't choose your blood relatives, but you can choose your friends. Be friends with those who deserve it and keep them around.
Don't let the same people lie to you
If you find out that the person is lying to you, tell them so. Some people will lie constantly to further their personal interests. A person who lies is not a good person. Get away from her as soon as possible.
Don't let them take advantage of you
People tend not to notice the things you do for them until you stop doing them. And that's not okay. You deserve more. You deserve people who you can laugh with, who don't take you for granted, and who will never let you down.
Don't let others convince you that change is a bad thing
What you can't change changes you. Changes happen for a reason. Deal with them, accept them. It won't always be easy, but it will pay off in the end.
