Imperfections in Community
The month of October was a struggle for me. I could feel the negative energy of this campus weighing me down. It was frustrating navigating through the cynicism and hypocrisy on campus, but that’s something to be discussed in my journals. As much as I value vulnerability, I’d rather not publically display my internal struggles online. Obviously, that decision is based on my boundaries, but above all I am finally in a better state of mind, and I don't want writing about the weight of the negativity to bring me down. I wish I could give you a simple answer as to how I got to a better state of mind, but alas I do not have any answer to bestow on you. There is great power in understanding the emotions that we feel, but sometimes we don't have to have an answer as to why we feel a certain emotion. Putting words to our emotions and looking at them through a rational lens is a supreme source of comfort. It is also a source of comfort to let our emotions be; emotions are irrationa...