As a young person it is sometimes hard to find your own path. Sometimes your path is really someone else's path because you tend to be more of a follower. Think about the most dominant personality of your group of friends. This is the person who is the loudest, or the most aggressive, or sometimes the meanest. The rest of the group tends to follow this person because he commands the conversation or the activities of the group. Your task as a young person is to understand when it is ok to follow the group and when you have to take a stand and go against the flow. At times, this can come at a price - the loss of friends, teasing, or just being left out of certain activities. This is a normal part of growing up. It can be hard to make your own way when there are so many pressures to conform to something different. You want to be a part of "the group" but at what price? Your gut feeling (and hopefully parental guidance) will tell you when the activity you are doing or the conversation you are having is worthy of a good person or not. You know what else will tell you if you are worthy or not? Knowledge. The more knowledge you have the more sound you are. You will have your own followers when others come to know that you are sound in almost everything. Give yourself a chance to spread your wings and fly to the path that brings you success. Negative reactions from "friends" may hurt for a while, but you can find other friends who are walking on the same path as you.
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