A lot of things in the world don't make sense to me.
For instance, why do people find it necessary to kill others instead of just trying to work out their differences, or better yet, just ignoring the person all together. Why do people not find it necessary to care about their education, or the well being of our country, or anything that doesn't revolve around them. Why are the people in the world so selfish and vain? Including myself. Why do we care more about ourselves than others? These are just a couple of things I don't understand about people, but the number one thing I will never understand about people is their need to impress others.
Why do people care what others think of them? Is that person that you're so concerned with in control of your entire life? Is their opinion of you going to dictate the rest of your life? I highly doubt it. Now, I'm all for being liked by people. I like to be liked. But I'm not going to sit there and stress out and change myself because of something someone told me. Do you know how many times people have bad mouthed me and talked me down and said rude things to me? A lot. But I don't change myself because someone else thinks I'm stupid. I could care less.
I used to care what people thought of me. About two or three years ago someone accused me and my friends of not being Christians based on what someone said to them, and that really really bothered me, but looking back on it. It shouldn't have. Just because someone who knows absolutely nothing about me thinks I'm not a Christian doesn't mean I should believe them. I know what I believe. I know what's in my own heart. No one else in the entire world does. Not my parents, not my best friends, not my brother. No one. They only know what I choose to show. No one can really know what I truly believe or think except me.
So people can say or think whatever they want to about me now. It's not going to bother me. I know that I'm not perfect. No where close. I know that people are going to judge me, just like I judge others. I know that people will always gossip and I know that I'm never going to please everyone. I'm never going to always please anyone. Not even myself. So the only person I really find it necessary to please is God. You may think I'm going on Christian on you, but it's true. God is unchanging. Everything else in this world changes. People beliefs, thoughts, and opinions. But God's are always the same. So that is the only standard you should be concerned with. Plus if that is what you're concerned with you'll get way farther than if you try to please people.
I just really don't understand people's reasoning behind it. If anyone could explain to me why people care so much I would love to know. Because I honestly don't get it.
