Saturday, October 26, 2013

Choosing to make life work – 15 L -- FAMILY VALUES


We learn our values within our family which in turn contributes to building character.  The love and support we experience within the family enables us to step out into the community and be the best we can.  The encouragement we receive within the family helps us to learn to trust others and to become part of a greater family, a community.   Being part of the family can equip us to grow up as healthy persons.  Our families provide the security we need in a world full of insecurities.

We deal with all kinds of issues.  Among some of them is authority and control, communication and decision making or problem solving, and how to deal with aggressive behavior and anxiety.  Each family develops it’s own style.   The family is where we experience frustration and tension.  This is where we learn to resolve these issues and learn how to show sympathy, understanding and lots of support.  Developing rituals, phrases, secrets, tastes, jokes are ways we identify our particular family.  I encourage you to be intentional about doing things in ways that brings the sense of belongingness to those in your family. 

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