Brother Williams opened discussion about this topic this week by asking what we thought crisis means, or what we think of whenever we think of crisis. Here are a few responses:
Trauma
Unsatisfied with current situation
Urgent
Family at risk
Instability
Personal
A few examples of crisis that have occurred in some of my fellow students lives consisted of: parents losing jobs, experiencing earthquakes, cancer, and other disasters. We talked about how whenever we experienced these crises, we felt stronger as a family. The bonds that we shared grew and became stronger. We discussed the different forces within a family.
These are:
Centrifugal forces: which move away form the center
Centripetal forces: which move towards the center
Each family has experienced both sorts of these forces, especially during times of crisis. At first, it may seem like that family may drift apart because of the feelings that are felt and there may be some upset and a sense of fear. But we agreed as a class, that as a family experiences a crisis, the centripetal forces overrule and families grow together and learn together. That is what allows families to become stronger together and experience tighter bonds.
We also discussed the ABC=X factor Reuben Hill put together:
Actual Event
Both resources & response
Cognition
= EXperience
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