Summary
These wounds include incarceration, teen pregnancy, alcohol and substance abuse and high school and college dropouts. There's something about appearance. We long to be accepted. We eagerly pursue compliments. We want others to say, "You go girl" or "You go boy," "He's the man," "She's got it going on," "They're doing big things." There's a degree of vanity in all of us.
I'm sure you've gone through a similar experience known as "I'll be happy." "I'll be happy when I buy that big screen TV." "I'll be happy when I buy my dream car." "I'll be happy when I purchase my new house." You're excited when you first bought your dream item. Once the novelty wears off, you learn that you're void of the happiness you thought your dream prize would bring you. Many of us wander through life chasing both status and happiness only to end up broke and wondering what happened.I want you to take an honest look at yourself and ask if you've been influenced by adult peer pressure. Have you ever spent money you didn't hiave or bought something that you couldn't realistically afford in pursuit of happiness and/or respect? Financial counselor Dave Ramsey says, "We buy things we dont need with money we don't have to impress people we dont like." If you are currently experiencing adult peer pressure understand that you can never achieve true happiness or respect if it's derived from the validation of other people. There's nothing inherently wrong with acquiring nice luxurious stuff when the reasoning, liming and money is right.See the full content of this document
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Adult Peer Pressure
As children we're often encouraged to be leaders not followers. We're discouraged from hgnging with the wrong crowd and falling prey to the pitfalls and dangers of peer pressure. As children we want to feel a sense of belonging. We want to be accepted by our peers. We want to...
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