Balance?

The little girl in the video seems to have achieved more balance than I think I do in my own life. Balance is such an issue. The little girl seems to have it figured out pretty well. Gerty, Ellen, and I, well not so much. Ellen and Gerty both struggle with pleasing their parental figures and get greatly upset when they mess up or do wrong. I find myself in the same position often.

In the scene where Gerty and Miss Emily are chatting in the church, Gerty shows us how unbalanced she really is. She calls herself ugly and "not good." She struggles with the idea that she can even become good. She tries so hard to be good, but it often back fires. She is very hard on herself, also like Ellen. No child should ever have to wonder if they are loved. Gerty does. This is not balance. There should be a balance between love and discipline in a child's life. Gerty can't seem to find this. She struggles with doing good, and not having hatred in her heart.

I think that if Gerty appeared on the talk show we would see that she is very much so not balanced. As I stated above she has a huge inner struggle. I think Gerty would be most unpleasant on the show. She doesn't respect authority well, and doesn't handle things that she doesn't understand well at all. I'm anxious to learn how Gerty develops as her heart is starting to soften as her relationship with Miss Emily grows. She is starting to see that there is a lot more good in life than she thinks.