Peer Pressure

Looking to make it up to Friends even when they are the ones who wronged you? Ever been in a situation where we are the ones forcing the relationship and commitments? Have you ever been in a situation where we are forced to take up behaviours of the peers we find amongst us or that gathering of friends of ours? All actions that we might have taken that weren't from our own free will must have been influenced under peer pressure and most times doesn't tell well on us.

What is Peer Pressure -  this is the influence we feel or are under by one's peer or our group of gathering that makes us want to do the things they do.

Sometimes rules can't be bent but not to be broken blindly, a fair sense of responsibility must be present. In our gathering of friends, we must learn to be ourself and our true self, not to be swayed or deceived into doing things that is against our will. When one is in the midst of people who doesn't respect our decisions and feel we must be under theirs and follow blindly, we must try to break free of those bonds. We are the architects of our own lives and therefore we are responsible for whatever happens in our lives and if we wish to be directed by the influence of others in order to live our lives, then we must be ready to accept whatever responsibilities those actions bring. There are good effects of Peer pressure as there are bad effects; one can be amongst groups of people who like to explore life, read books, ask questions in class, participate in community activities and sooner or later we would find ourselves doing such acts also as our group which we walk and interact with regularly engages in such activities likewise when we find ourselves amongst people who smoke, drink, engage in evil vices, we would tend to also do the same thing as the popular adage goes " Show me your friends and I will tell you who you are". Peer pressure also can be of great influence and hard to avoid when we get attached to our kind of friends, in constant touch with them and when we are doing things regularly, a way to stop bad Peer pressure from rubbing on us would be to distant our selves from people engaging in such.

Peer pressure manifests itself in all areas ... Peer pressure can be found in the school, community and in the government. We are the ones who know what we want and what we are capable of, doing beyond our reach and capabilities can be at times damaging and devastating. All fingers are not equal and we should learn to tread in ours carefully likewise cut our coats according to our sizes. We can try to also change the behaviours we don't like that we see people around us exhibiting and teach them the right way to act and behave and those who don't agree to us can be cut off. Falling to the effects of peer pressure can change our lives drastically as a good soul can inherit bad traits from their friends and therefore become a bad soul in turn. Anything we don't want to inculcate or harbour should not even be allowed in our vicinity either through friends or families.

We should be careful of the kind of friends we keep and watch how we relate with them in turn with the society and organisations. Thanks for reading and your time , have a nice day.