[FaithThroughAll]

hey...as you all know i am a teenager and in the high school and college years remaining a good Catholic is hard. the world tempts you with so many things ranging from smoking to drugs to alcohol to sex to meeting the world's standards for appearance to whatever else is out there. being built on a good faith should help you choose the right things, but sometimes it makes it 100x harder. we all know that God is real and we believe in Him, however we never really see Him and when you face people you actually see everyday it makes it a lot more difficult. God is there, His opinion is all that matters, but it is hard because you never get that immediate gratification from Him. for example, i find myself helping people sometimes just so that other people see me doing it and think i am a good person. and other times i do it for the right reason, just to do it because God asks us to. and then when it comes to bad things, i always know they are wrong, but sometimes i give in so easily because i know i will have to face those people tomorrow in person and yeah God is there, but He is less apparent. does this make any sense? just looking for some suggestions.

[HolyRockJfreak]

Yeah I understand what you're saying, and sometimes it is hard to resist the bad things, but sometimes saying that it's not your thing can bring more respect to you. It's hard to resist the bad things, but I trust that in the end it'll be worth it, because I know when I gave in, it just led to dead-end roads. And doing the right thing will be worth it in the end.