Stand Alone

Stand Alone

“Dare to stand alone.”

-Thomas S. Monson

The statement is telling you to stay only if necessary. If everyone around you is choosing evil do not follow on their lead and you should do what is right. For example, your best friend and let's say your only friend decides to drink alcohol and starts hanging out with the wrong people. You can feel your estrangement from yourself and the only way to stop feeling that distance is to start drinking alcohol and hanging out with it and the wrong people. You should not feel that you should do that at all just keep a friend. You should not be afraid to be alone. If you feel as if everyone is making the wrong choice then you should not go along with choosing others to do just because everyone is making that choice and you think they should go along because everyone is going along. If you firmly believe that it is the right choice then you should not be afraid to be alone.