Influences

            One of the biggest laws of my life is one that not many people go by. It may not even be considered a “Law of Life”, but it is important to me. The law of my life is to not let people influence me. Some people try everything they can to “fit in”. I really don’t see why, I would rather be different than to be the same as everyone else. I do not like being stereotyped into a specific class of people. Even so, some people like to blend in with others.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Some people that are the same as everybody else try to fit in with their friends, which are the same as them, by doing various things to impress them. I guess it is just because these people are insecure. Some people will do whatever their friends want them to do just to “be” their friend. I think if you have to do certain things to be a person’s friend then they apparently are not very good friends to have. People need to choose their friends carefully. If you find a friend that has got your back no matter what happens, and will always take care of you in the worst of times, then keep them, because there are not very many of them. The perfect example of this kind of friend is Jesus; He meets all of the good friend qualities. He even got pinned to a wooden cross and suffered for you cause He’s your friend. You just have to be His friend.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Another person that influences a lot a people to “fit in” is their boyfriend or girlfriend. You need to make sure they meet all of those qualities that a friend needs to meet before you pick them, too, because they can influence people more than friends can. Some people get rushed into things because of their boyfriend or girlfriend persuading them. If they keep trying to do that, even if you don’t want to, then maybe they’re not the one for you.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          People are influenced by different subjects like “fads” and that kind of thing. For instance, most people, instead of thinking for themselves, like the same kind of music, clothes, hobbies, etc. as everybody else. Some people have to have the newest thing because everybody else has it. Some people either cannot afford the newest thing or just want to be different. But what really makes me mad is when someone is different, or can’t afford the newest and nicest things, and people treat him or her badly because they are not the same, or think they are weird. To me, they are the normal ones and not just a bunch of clones that think that being the exact same as everyone else is cool.                                                                                                                                             

               I guess that some people are just so unintelligent that they cannot think for themselves, and others are just so afraid of being cast out, that they do whatever they can to stay with the majority. I found it feels better to be the minority, as long as you can have a mind of your own. Most the time if you just do not even care what others think, they will respect you. Not being influenced is one of the most important laws of my life, because people stay with the crowd and try to be clones all the time, but a lot of the time no one even considers it a problem. The main reason it is a law of my life is because I know it is a problem, I try to think for myself, and I try not to be influenced.

By: Montana Gardner