How Facing Difficulty Can Bring Families Closer

While no family wants to go through difficult events and experiences to reach a higher level of closeness and understanding, it is known that going through hard times and overcoming obstacles can bring a family together and make the spiritual bond they share even stronger. A family is brought closer together throughout life for various reasons, with some reasons that we cannot explain.

Not every family remains close throughout the years and some events and misunderstandings have led to major family upsets and breakups, resulting in lost time together. Some families do not speak for years, and this can be very painful for most who experience this type of dysfunction in their lives.

There are a variety of positive outcomes for families facing difficult times, and going through these darker periods of life may change your family’s relationship forever.
Here is how facing difficult times can bring families closer and increase the chances of a happier, more fulfilling relationship as time goes by.

Dark Times Encourage A New Sense Of Hope

Even when we really don’t feel as though we will get along, we do for the good of others. Many families are pulled together in times of grieving and losing a loved one. While it doesn’t happen to every family, many family members drop their defenses and learn how to get along during these times. Once defenses are dropped, there is a chance of reconciliation and new appreciation. When families are vulnerable, many of them stick together, even if they don’t agree on anything.

Overcoming Obstacles Together Can Form New Bonds

Even though it may not seem like it at the time, when a family comes together through a difficult time or event, something happens. Somehow overcoming some of the hardest things that life can throw us can build a stronger bond between family members. Most families, even ones that live far apart, come together when something goes horribly wrong or someone is suffering. When that time is available, some families begin a healing process. This healing process may help family members let go of past pains and start a fresh new relationship.

Blood Really Is Thicker Than Water

The fact that we share the same blood and genetics with other human beings walking this earth and the fact that every family holds ancestral ties together, makes us fight a bit harder to maintain the relationships involved. Even family members who haven’t spoken for 5 to 10 years will turn around and protect their blood line at times. We may have direct problems with one specific family member or our entire family, but when something happens that threatens a family member’s well being, many blood relatives stand up to fight on their behalf.

Many of us hope to recover from difficult events that our families might face during this lifetime, and we hope to keep loving relationships with all of our family members. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always happen. The best we can do is to keep an open mind and realize that everyone is unique and has their own way of living, surviving and managing day to day life.