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Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country (via wordsnquotes)

Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may have zeal for them. Galatians 4:17

It is important to follow all just laws and all just authority figures who are not abusing their power. We must remember that many of the laws and precepts that we are asked to follow are for our own good. Even the ten commandments are essentially the beginners guide to happiness and health.

It is important to recall that some people, especially those who have been through what you are going through, may be trying to keep you from going to the wrong path. It is not always easy to discern those truly trying to help from those who are misguided in their good intentions, but there is still a distinction that each of us will have to decipher in our own lives.

People will try to entice, intimidate, and convince us away from our course for many reasons, most having little or nothing to do with us, our happiness, or our health. Guiding us away from what we know to be correct towards their own path and goals, and not always is it out of malice.

The trick is following the right path, the right team, doing what is best for you. The Good Lord wants you to be happy, healthy, and yourself. It’s important that we remember to, in the words of Suzy Kassem “Stay true to yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.” If you were meant to be anyone one else, you would have been them. Instead, you are you and no one else can be the person you are.