A story poet Carl Sandberg told concerned a farmer (imagine the old days) out contemplating his fields when a stranger stopped and asked, “What sort of people live around here?”
“What sort of people were there where you’re from?”
“Well, they are a mean, cantankerous, angry lot,” came the reply.
“Well, I imagine you’ll find the people around here a lot like that,” opined the farmer.
Later, a second stranger stopped and asked the farmer the same question. The farmer asked his question again, “What sort of people were there where you’re from?”
“Well, they are honest, hardworking, loyal people.”
“I expect you’ll find the people around here the same.”
The point?
The people you surround your self with determine your outlook.
Surround yourself with lying, thieving people and you’ll find yourself falling into that culture.
Surround yourself with honest, hardworking, achieving, generous people and you will find yourself being much the same.
Faith Venture 
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