Are you afraid to be influenced ? Do you want to make sure you are expressing You?  ??? I have news for you. You are influenced all the time. Remember the scene in “Devil Wears Prada”? The girl thinks that she is cool and independent in her choices and she is shown that the whole industry that she is oblivious to is creating “her” choices. Well, that’s the truth. Human beings are influencing each other all the time. People who tell you that you need to stay away from following someone are actually trying to convince you to follow what they are doing.  ? It is our natural state. Nothing special about it But. …It is YOUR choice who your influence is. So make your choices wisely!  ?? If you feel fear and powerless after being around some influential in your life people, drop them as your influences. They have vested interests in you being this way. I see sometimes, even for the sake of self-rising people put others in confusion. They say, oh, they need to learn, suffer, etc. Drop all of them. Find your way out of the Matrix of this “My path is not influenced” with your powerful choices. Say :” I am influenced and I choose to be influenced by this ( whatever your “this” is”).