Relationships can either be energizing or draining. Nothing breathes life into us or depletes us like our interactions with other people. We have to take advantage of those life-giving people and make relationships with them a priority. We need them to help shape our soul and form our character. But how do we deal with those "life-draining" people? The Bible mentions three ways to do so: have patience with them, let go of the need to change them and do not judge them. See them as how God sees us, accept them as how God accepts us, bear with them as how God bears with us. He may transform a draining relationship into an energizing relationship.