Reflection #7

Part 1:

After completing the two meditation exercises, I felt much more in tune with myself. I was very aware of my breathing, my surroundings, and my feelings during and after meditating. It allowed me to forget my stress and responsibility in life for just a quick moment and to fully relax. I would definitely consider doing these meditations somewhat regularly. It doesn't take long, and afterwards there's a sense of rejuvenation. Especially with March and April being such busy months, I really should try to make time for meditating. I would be able to focus more on everything that needs to be done and really clear my mind of distractions. After the superhero meditation, I had similar feelings as the first, but I felt more creative. For me, imagining colors and sounds gave me a new-found sense of creativity. I love to scrapbook and make little crafts, but sometimes I just have no idea where to start. I'd do this one again in the future when I arrive at a roadblock in my creativity. It helped open another side of my mind.

Part 2:

I for sure have utilitarian friendships and pleasure friendships. Some of my pleasure friendships are growing closer to virtue. I have people I care so much about, but I don't always think of them first. I have a boyfriend of 1.5 years and I love him like crazy! My relationship with him would be the closest thing I have to a friendship of virtue. He goes to school in MN and even when we're both at home, we're still three hours apart. Since we're long distance, not everything I do is for him. Even if he went to school here, I still wouldn't be doing everything I do for him. I would've still been apart of HAIRSPRAY if he was here and that definitely wouldn't be because I thought it was in his best interest. I wanted to do it just for fun. But as we get older and grow more together, I believe it could turn into a friendship of virtue. We're both just too young and too far apart for that now.