“ You can’t be right by doing wrong; you can’t be right by doing wrong.”

BY: Thomas S. Monson

This statement by Thomas S. Monson lets us know that we should always choose that right. We, teenagers, usually think that because everyone else is doing something it make sit right and it’s not. This statement by Thomas Monson reminds me of this other famous statement. Just because everyone is doing something, it doesn’t make it okay. This is a statement that most adults agree with but the ones that least pay attention to it are teens. Teenagers want to have fun and live life to the fullest neglecting that there are things that can happen when you choose the wrong. An example of this is when you want to go to a party and your mom had said no. Your mom said that you can only go if your neighbor was  going. You choose to lie that your neighbor is going because you really want to go. Your mom believes you because it is not often that you lie. You also think that it’s okay because your neighbor was a little older than you were and they wouldn’t enjoy the party anyways. As of now you are thinking that you did the right thing by lying because you have a reason. Just because you have a reason to do something doesn’t make it right. At the end of the party you get home and your mom is waiting for you. It is then that you realize that it was wrong to have lied even though you thought it was right. From now on I’m going to take this statement by Thomas S. Monson when it comes to situations where I think that something is good even though it’s not. I usually do tell fibs once in a while to my parents but know that I reflect on it it’s not very obedient of me.