What Do You React To?

      The transition to college wasn't the easiest for me. I did well in high school, but my work habits were sloppy and most of my life structure was imposed upon me by my parents. When I found myself in a situation where a little last minute cramming and flurry of effort couldn't bring me the results it once had, I got into a downward spiral. Crappy work lead to crappy performance which lead to me feeling crappy about myself just as a person (I'll discuss this flaw in my concept of self-worth in a later post, for now let's move on). Last semester was a train wreck and I carried all the baggage from it into this semester. By the end of January I was hitting breaking point. As I sat on the floor of my bedroom praying to God for some kind of guidance out of the hole I'd dug myself into, I got an answer: "Everything in your life is subconsciously reacting to your opinion of yourself and your problems. That makes them your god and that's garbage. *I* am your God. And these issues are nothing compared to Me."