Hello Professor and fellow classmates,
The universal loving-kindness practice was nice because it took the spotlight off of myself and shined it out to the rest of the world.  Instead of thinking about my own personal life, it had me wishing good thoughts for everybody.  I do already love myself (most of the time) but I have trouble loving and opening up to others anymore.  I mean, I love my boyfriend, my cats, my family, and a few friends and I, in no way, wish pain and suffering for anyone, it's just hard for me to get close to people and trust them.  I hope to oneday change how I feel and maybe this will be the beginning of me doing that.  For the integral assessment, the psychospiritual is the source of difficulty for me.  I really want to have a closer relationship to the big guy upstairs and I want to have the ability to find calmness, peace, humor, and positivity in any situation that comes my way.  I want to be stronger spiritually.  I will keep practicing the universal loving-kindness exercise as well as prayer and meditation to foster greater wellness in these areas and to oneday achieve these goals.  I hope everyone is having a wonderful Memorial Day weekend...mine, so far, has been very nice!  Blessings and peace to all!  :)