This week I wanted to talk a little about working within the family unit. Something I wanted to touch on is family work. To clarify what I mean, family work is a family working together like on a farm or any sort of work that involves the family completing tasks together. Some benefits of working as a family could be a bonding and an attachment experience for all the family members. Another benefit could be a change of attitude about work. I feel like sometimes children who do not have the experience of working hard, view work as something that is a burden and is boring or taxing. Children who have had the experience of working hard all the time, on the other hand, might view work as something that is fun and rewarding. As families work together to complete tasks, they can grow closer together and the family members can feel more valued and important.

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What is communication? Communication is defined as the imparting or exchanging of information or news. Communication is an important factor in a relationship, actually I should say the way that a couple communicates is an important factor in a relationship. Something interesting that my professor mentioned was that there is no way that someone can't not communicate, you can experience miscommunication, but whether you are talking to someone or giving them the silent treatment, you are always communicating. Something that I think that makes a successful relationship is communication through words, when couples are able to talk, major problems that can occur due to someone misinterpreting a way of communication, can be avoided. understanding how someone is communicating can also help avoid issues, if someone is giving you the silent treatment, you can understand that they are communicating to you that they are upset and you can evaluate the situation and work through the problems. There are many ways to communicate and understanding the way someone is communicating is absolutely important to help maintain a good healthy relationship.

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We've been talking a lot about crisis this week. In the Chinese language, the word crisis has two symbols, the first symbol means danger and the second symbol means opportunity/chance, which is really cool because to me, that means that a crisis is an opportunity for us to grow. I feel like God allows good people to have bad times because it is his way of testing our faith so that He can see if we are truly devoted to him. Trials allow us to be humbled, because when we have ONLY good times, we don't  truly value those good times, it seems to me that it is the hard times that bring the family closer together. I also think that trials and crisis happen because it allows a family to rely on family and as a result, the family will be closer. When crisis happens in a family, it is important to be able to know how to cope. when crisis arises, families need to come together and realize that problems will happen and they need to be prepared to properly face those trials.

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This week I wanted to talk a little about infidelity and fidelity in marriage. What exactly is fidelity? To me fidelity means that someone is completely true to someone else, meaning they don't do anything that would violate that person's trust in them. I also think that fidelity has a lot to do with loyalty and faithfulness. Fidelity in marriage can be compared to High Fidelity music, High Fidelity music is that imperfect, warm, true experience. Even though the High Fidelity music might have imperfections, we would much rather listen to that than a digital recording because of the experience that is connected to it. A marriage is obviously not going to be perfect, but when both spouses do their part, they can get the warm and true experience that a marriage has to offer.
In order for a marriage to work both the individuals must be completely true to one another. There are a few ways that a spouse can act upon infidelity, one of those ways is physical. An individual might actively seek out to cheat on his/her spouse, could be virtual communication or through actual physical contact. An individual might also cheat on their spouse with no intention of doing so but feelings start to develop for someone else. Another way is spiritual infidelity, spiritual infidelity is when someone cheats on their spouse in their mind. Cheating on your spouse in your mind is still cheating God knows our intentions of our hearts and when we have sexual thoughts toward anyone else besides our spouse, we are acting upon infidelity.

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