Trying To Fit In

I have been thinking alot lately about how we have been trying to fit in with the crowd we are with.

We try to fit in into our surrounding. Whether you are at school, at work, with our playmates, at home, with friend, even with our own family, we try so hard to be accepted.

Girls especially, face pressures from peers to be attractive, thin and wear the right clothes. They are pushed to look more like the images of women seen in magazines and the media. But there's a price to fitting in. They lose part of their independence and identity. Girls try so hard to fit in that they lose touch with who they really are.

Peer pressure is different for girls than for guys. While guys compete with one another, girls pressure each other emotionally. Girls can be vicious. They will try to make you hate people, and if you don't, then they try to make people hate you. They tend to spread more rumors and talk behind each other's backs, making it easier to do something to uphold their reputation.

Pressure from the opposite sex can be one of the strongest. Guys expect girls to dress in tight, skimpy clothes. There's stuff that has to do with relationships, guys and girls try to pressure you into stuff that you aren't ready for, or stuff you don't want to do.

We want to stand out. Isn't that all we ever want? To be noticed, even if it is to stand out in the wrong way because we're sick of having society's values superimposed on our lives and sick of trying to fit into the mold that everyone has forced us into.

But why do we try to fit in with a bunch of people that just seem not to appreciate us for who we are? It wasn't worth it, and they don't worth the trouble either.

Find your own friends and be happy with your choice and have a good time.

God gives us self control. We are not like an animal that cannot control themselves. We can control ourselves with God's help. And with HIS help, we cannot fit in with the wrong crowd!