One of the great challenges in life is to strike the right balance between freedom and commitment.
When you're alone in the world, you tend to yearn for relationshipfor commitment. Conversely, being in a committed relationship can lead you to feel stifled by commitment and cause you to long for freedom.
Each of us must find the balance that works for us and the other important people in our lives.
This task is complicated immensely by the changes that accompany the aging process.