Tradition

Tradition.
Patterns.
Habits.
Characteristics.
Family.

All of these words became something new to me as we were discussing our own families and how we are able to understand them better. One of the ways was through genograms-it is pretty much just an intense family tree showing relationships and the patterns that we create over time.

Something that I've come to realize with my own family is that the Gospel of Jesus Christ inhibits bad traditions from forming, and they start new ones that allow the individuals to grow. Having the teachings of the Doctrines of Jesus Christ truly allow us to become like Him. It will stop harmful habits from polluting generations. A genogram can help identify these traditions that happen over time and can help us either encourage the growth and development, or actually stop something that is harmful. As we learned in class, when we study our family, it becomes a powerful tool for us to start the shaping of our posterity.