The circle determines life; the kind of people you associate with will shape the path you take.

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together.

Card-playing friends will only urge you to play cards, and drinking buddies will only encourage you to toast.

However, reliable people will inspire you on how to make progress.

Both suffering and happiness are rewards that life gives us.

Surviving through today's hardships is the hope for living tomorrow; to be alive is to be happy.