By: Diana García
When adolescence begins, you face certain situations where you find it difficult to say “NO”. Before what situations and friendships we must say no…
It might be difficult sometimes to say “no”. When a friend tries to convince you of doing something you do not want to do: smoking, drinking, trying drugs or having sexual relations. You will have to be brave and say “no”, because no one likes to loose his/her friends, specially if he/she is someone you have fallen in love with. Nevertheless if they stop being your friends because of that, they will show they were not your friends in reality. True friends respect the way you are, and they do not try to force you to be or think their way. A person is your friend when he or she wants the good for you.
It is important that you understand that your health and your well-being depend on your life style, your way of acting and what you do. You are the protagonist of your life. Your health and future happiness as well as those who live or will live with you, depend on you.
Extract from: MEDIALDEA, Concepción; “Cómo funciona mi cuerpo”; Ediciones Internacionales Universitarias; p. 49.
