I know this is common but..

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I feel like such an alien at work. The other places I've worked at were alot worse than the one I'm at now though, I work with mostly older women, some younger ones. So it's not as bad as working with a group of nothing but 20-something guys. I am not sheltered by any means from the world and the things in it, it's even in my house, I am out quite a bit. I really do try and be friends with everyone as much as I can, without compromising anything, but it's very hard to get around with some of the people. I feel like I can witness to them, say hi and goodbye and talk about our lives for a while, and then that's as far as it can go before the conversation turns innapropriate or they are turned off after hearing that I am a christian. I know we cannot be friends with the world, I believe this to be meaning hanging around and fellowshipping often, because eventually it will distract your mind off of godly things sooner or later. I know this, yet it still is rough feeling like such an alien from everybody, I leave work often feeling accomplished yet lonely alot of the time. Before work every day I make sure I have prayed, and meditated on the Bible to make sure I go in with the right mindset, I know it's the wise thing to do yet the loneliness does kick in. Just wanted to vent... How do you guys deal with it?