The Truths Within Our Hearts

I had a nice conversation with my mom tonight. She told me she believes that we all have Truths within our hearts that help to tell us who we are. They are the things that call out to us, that make us put our foot down and stand up for what we believe in. She also said some people ignore them.

I hope I'm following mine. I question my beliefs sometimes. Why I do the things I do. Why I choose to stand alone on some issues (my stance on drugs, alcohol, sex) rather than give into peer pressure. I hate to think that people find me boring or uncool because of the choices I make regarding those things. I think I am following these Truths within my heart. They may be different than other people's...but I want to follow mine.

And even though I feel alone now, on all of those stances, I hope that one day I will find some one or some many who understand. I think college will show how important these stances are to me.
I want to be open minded and understanding about and of other people's decisions. I want to be more ok with change than I have been. But I don't want to make decisions to be like others just because I'm different. I don't want to choose to do something just to jump on the bandwagon and do it because "everyone else is doing that". The change needs to come from me and not from others.

A lot has been changing around me lately, but none of it has been initiated by me. I think I'll start with little changes in my life and see if I can't loosen myself and try not to stay so grounded.