Sticking up for what you believe in can be challenging in todays world. Peer pressure is every where you look and starts at a very young age. Especially in college have I noticed the push to do what every one else is doing. While having high standards and morals for myself, I often am the one who is sitting in their room on any given Saturday night. Am I ashamed of this? No. But do I wish sometimes I would just let loose and enjoy the college experience? Maybe.
It seems every time I am completely satisfied with who I am and what I’m doing, someone comes along and makes me question everything I thought I knew. Although I go to a Christian University, parties are everywhere. Don’t even think I haven’t thought about a Cosmo just to see what Carrie Bradshaw raves about. Boys text and want only one thing from you. Ok well they clearly only want one thing from you but do I take the signs and run? No. Do I think of just going along with it and taking a chance? Absolutely yes.
Although I find myself asking these questions quite regularly, I always go back to what I know as being right. Never would I act upon these impending questions in my mind. If no one stands up for what they believe in, then what would we have left? Simply the ‘Standard’ for what teenagers should be like today. Fighting standards and norms can be challenging but in the end so much more rewarding.
XOXO
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