Do not step into battles you are not meant to fight.  For in so doing you can be taken out if wounded in those superfluous battles.  Choose wisely before you engage.  There are some battles you are called to but certainly not every single skirmish that presents itself.

Walk away from all disruptive spirits and situations to which you are not called.  For with each such encounter you lose a piece of yourself.  Your joy and peace are chipped away.  Your heart corrodes (for it is always a heart issue) while doing little to theirs for that is where they