Personal Essay: Standing Up For What I Believe In

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Personally, I believe standing up for what you believe in is very important because everyone loves doing something they love. If you want to wear a certain clothes or follow a certain religion, then that's one’s right. Every individual has a choice to choose what they want to do, but that can be changed. A person can be persuaded to do something; however, the decision is entirely that person’s own. If someone tries to tell or force me to stop liking what I love, then I have to stand up for what I believe in. I have to show everyone that tries to knock me down that I will stand strong for what I believe in. If that person says my religion is bad or fake, then I will tell him that these are my beliefs and he doesn't have any reason to tell me so, also I will tell him that he will not change my point of views, for I …show more content…
You and I will ignore the haters and not let them bother us. If you have a dream to become a millionaire, but some random guy tells you that you won’t become one, then don’t believe that guy and give up, ignore him and push forward towards your dream. I will never let some random guy on tv or a newspaper to tell me what I can and cannot do because if I want to believe that I will be rich when I grow up then I for sure won’t let anybody change my mind. I will block out all the haters and not let them get to my head. Of course throughout my life I will encounter people that are very persuasive and may even be able to change some of my beliefs, but if they still can't seem to persuade then I will continue believing in what I want to believe. But if someone does manage to convince me then as long as it’s something that isn't against the law or is something I like or love to do then it would be fine with me to follow that belief or

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