No consideration of family would be complete without some mention of family dynamics and the oftentimes difficult and dysfunctional events that occur. I’ve often been inspired by people who could observe family difficulties, yet not be sucked into any vortex of upset.
Family systems are a natural place for us to engage our own growth, observe our own limitations, and test our assumptions about how things should be. Our individual identities are so much a function of how we identify our families that it’s understandable that highly-charged emotions often surface.
Since every family has its share of dysfunction, yours has some. How well do you manage yours? What lessons have you learned about how best to navigate when there is some form of upset present – especially upset of long standing history that families have? What is your best advice to others in how to manage themselves in their family systems?