Encountering Conflict
Without conflict we won’t truly know the capacity of someone’s inner strength and understanding. Conflict is a true test which raises issues that otherwise wouldn’t be raised, issues which need to be dealt with in order for us to grow as a person. As well as testing a person’s inner strength and understanding it can also expose their weaknesses and flaws.
Trials and hardships test and shape us as we learn from our experiences of dealing with them in our everyday lives, increasing our inner strength and understanding. Trials and hardships such as minor inner conflicts like what to wear or what to eat for breakfast, to extreme external conflicts such as war. (eg. Terrorist attack 9/11 we can see how it has affected people positively and negatively). Although a person might not be aware of inner conflict, it is often revealed in their reactions. Reactions such as deny, avoid and escape. We pretend that things are ok when they aren’t and we pretend that we are ok when we aren’t. We avoid anything that brings us close to our grief and we look for ways to escape. Our escape may involve drugs, alcohol, people, work, overspending or over eating. Many of these examples can be seen in the lives of the celebrities that are plastered all over our media. Lindsay Lohan being thrown into a behavioural correction centre, marriage break ups such as Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s and mental breakdowns such as the few that Brittany Spears had. Actions taken in moments of grief and pain are often actions we live to regret. We panic and run away. We break a relationship. We forsake a commitment. We withdraw from people. We hurt ourselves. Just like these celebrities did. In some way we are always actively responding to difficulty.
Inner strength is the resolve of an individual to hold to their convictions, follow through on their decisions, and portray confidence in the veracity of their beliefs. Understanding acts as a gauge, giving people the ability to measure how serious
Trials and hardships test and shape us as we learn from our experiences of dealing with them in our everyday lives, increasing our inner strength and understanding. Trials and hardships such as minor inner conflicts like what to wear or what to eat for breakfast, to extreme external conflicts such as war. (eg. Terrorist attack 9/11 we can see how it has affected people positively and negatively). Although a person might not be aware of inner conflict, it is often revealed in their reactions. Reactions such as deny, avoid and escape. We pretend that things are ok when they aren’t and we pretend that we are ok when we aren’t. We avoid anything that brings us close to our grief and we look for ways to escape. Our escape may involve drugs, alcohol, people, work, overspending or over eating. Many of these examples can be seen in the lives of the celebrities that are plastered all over our media. Lindsay Lohan being thrown into a behavioural correction centre, marriage break ups such as Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s and mental breakdowns such as the few that Brittany Spears had. Actions taken in moments of grief and pain are often actions we live to regret. We panic and run away. We break a relationship. We forsake a commitment. We withdraw from people. We hurt ourselves. Just like these celebrities did. In some way we are always actively responding to difficulty.
Inner strength is the resolve of an individual to hold to their convictions, follow through on their decisions, and portray confidence in the veracity of their beliefs. Understanding acts as a gauge, giving people the ability to measure how serious