I firmly believe that shared experiences involving deep emotion or trauma bring people together and 'mature' them faster than every day events. After losing people you loved/hated/knew on either or both sides of a conflict, almost losing your own life, and watching pain and suffering all around you has a way of bringing into focus how petty little things like house rivalries really are. Shared pain/anguish/joy bonds people, whether they're consciously aware of it or not.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2008-02-08 08:41 pm (UTC)I firmly believe that shared experiences involving deep emotion or trauma bring people together and 'mature' them faster than every day events. After losing people you loved/hated/knew on either or both sides of a conflict, almost losing your own life, and watching pain and suffering all around you has a way of bringing into focus how petty little things like house rivalries really are. Shared pain/anguish/joy bonds people, whether they're consciously aware of it or not.
Whew! I rambled on a bit there, didn't I?
Thanks, hon. :)