Blog 6

I know for a fact that I struggle at finding balance in several areas in my life. I tend to allow something to affect me so much so that I drag myself down and can’t find a balance to make myself feel better. Too many times I fail to realize that a certain struggle I am going through does not mean the end of the world, and there is a bright tunnel to look forward to at the end. Reading this blog question is very significant in my life right now. Because it is coming to the end of the road for me in my college career, I am constantly thinking about what is ahead of me and what I will do with my life. Along with that, I think about my relationship with my boyfriend, which is long distance. I guess this is a tough personal thing to talk out loud about, but because we are several hours apart in distance, I allow myself to feel emotional and deeply sad when I can’t see him for several weeks at a time. While he is able to realize that we are going to be ok and everything will end up all right because we will be together in New Orleans starting in May, I fail to think about the positive light at the end of the road and make myself sad that I am not with him at that moment. When I am going through a hard time, I tend to cut off my loved ones and God from my life, when in fact this should be a time when I should realize that they are there for me and realize the unconditional love they have for me. I feel that all of these things are areas I need to work on so that I can achieve both balance and freedom in my life If I allow myself to focus on the good that will come out of things, rather than make myself feel saddened by little things that are happening in that moment, I can find that ultimate freedom that Ignatius talks about.