Whatever!!!!

People could be very harsh but oftentimes we allow them to control our lives. We live trying to please others and think much of what others would opine should we do one thing or the other. Worse, we sometimes apologize for having done something which was entirely right, only that it displeased others. Why we have come to this? Have we been reduced to low life forms, without a mind of our own and acting not because we deem it is true but because of the loud proddings of society?

Within us is the power to determine for ourselves the road we want and must take, the actions to make. People may seem things differently. If we desire nothing but to give in to their whims and pander at every demand, we will end up satisfying no one and losing ourselves in the process.

Have you ever commented on a person who wears an old school attire from head to toe that you don't like such"childish costume" and, this person replied that she did not wear such to gain your approval or anything close to it, but because she is comfortable wearing those? I myself once did. And I learned my lesson.

Life is not meant to impress others. Even Jesus Himself was abandoned by His friends amidst the loud chants of "crucfy Him." If we are to stand up for something we believe in, then we have to squarely face possible rejections and antagonists. There are always battle lines to be drawn and sometimes we may find ourselves alone. But the majority is not always right. The voice of the crowd may not always be the voice of God. We must never allow the noise from outside to distract us from listening to the voice inside.

At the end of our earthly vocation, we will not be asked how we fared in the scoreboard of others but of our actions aimed at serving His will.