Pressures of Society

What do you do when everyone expects you to be someone you’re not.

They tell you to be yourself, but when you are yourself you get ridiculed.

When you follow the crowd you’re told you should be yourself.

As a kid, you’re told to treat people the way you want to be treated.

But when you do, you’re told that you’re a suck up.

Although most won’t admit it we all have a mask for every part of our lives.

One for our family, one for our friends, one for work, and one for the everyday crowded elevator strangers.

Where do we draw the line?

When do we say, “Enough is enough?”

I think I speak for some of us when I say, “There is way too much pressure in todays society.”

The unrealistic expectations are unbearable.

I believe these pressures are the reason some give up on their dreams.

The thought of being rejected is humiliating.

The reason some never reach their full potential.

The reason some are driven to drink.

Let’s attempt to make a change and encourage one another.

Lift each other up and encourage the small victories instead of looking for the negative.