Topic for Discussion

[dogriver]

Okay, here's one. What do you do if you suddenly "wake up" to realizing
that the approval of other people has suddenly - or not-so-suddenly -
become more important to you than God's approval? I think even if you
don't believe in God, you might have something valuable to contribute
here, because there is an underlying idea that even transcends faith or
the lack thereof. If you don't believe in God, your question might
simply be, What do you do if you find yourself putting more stock in the
approval of others than you should?

Comments

[arinoch.livejournal.com]

There's only really one person's approval I ever go after; my own. If I'm not happy with what I'm doing, I'm the only one who can change that. Not my parents, not my friends, not even Jessica though I'm sure if she could she'd definitely try. If people who aren't me don't approve with decisions I make/how I choose to live my life, that's their own issue to deal with. At the end of the day, they're not the ones living my life, and they're not the ones affected by my decisions.

In short, you wouldn't know what's best for anyone else, so why in the hell would anyone else know what's best for you?