Systems

My graduate dschool training was predominantly in family systems theory. (Interestingly, my undergraduate education — Physicics — wholly systems based too). What this means is that not only I was trained that we are independent beings who are integral parts of larger infrastructures, it is also something I have believed to be true most of my life. .

How others interact with us impacts us. How we interact with others impacts them.

We all have our “roles” that we play within our smaller family units and within our larger communities, and even globally.

One of the premises of systems is that they tend to want to keep moving along as they are. Everyone plays their role and the system continues to function. Whether this “functioning” is healthy or not, is not important. What is important is that the system is functioning. Because systems only care about continuing to be able to function, they are highly resistant to change. In physics this is the Newtonian Law of Inertia (an object in motion…