Born To Grow.

A human being

is never made to be

isolated;

independent 

from people.

Otherwise,

he's put on the wrong planet.

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No matter what opinion

you have about your

 family,

you are born

into your family

and that is where

you will always belong.

We could possess

the power of choice

and freewill

to decide

what we want in life

yet

we never got a chance

to choose who our parents would be.

Some of you

have been asking 

'why'.

Why do I belong there?

Before you discover the answer,

you got to first 

be willing to understand

that 

there is a purpose

why you belong in this 

family that you

 either love or hate.

Of all the billions of people,

why this specific couple?

There is a 

reason.

The 

good and bad 

experiences

 their weaknesses 

and strengths

have put you through

have 

shaped you

to be you

today.

To some,

this means 

'Yes, that means 

I'm so screwed up.'

To others,

this means,

'I'm glad I'm like my 

father! 

He's taught me well.'

Which voice 

sounds more like you?

They show us two categories.

Category 1:

Decomposition -

you seem to worsen

by the years.

Internally,

it could mean worsening

emotionally, psychologically, intellectually.

Outwardly,

it could be 

physically, behaviorally and even financially.

In short,

whatever that sucks,

you seem to excel at it.

Category 2:

Growth

you progress and expand

as a person.

Internally and externally,

you are going the opposite direction

of the people in Category 1.

You are not perfect

but

you are 

going onto perfection.

You are growing.

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Anything healthy 

will 

grow.

More than food,

knowledge,

music, 

toys and cash,

we need to be 

strongly rooted

to a foundation

where we can regularly 

draw

nourishment -

excellent character,

faith, hope and

love.

An uprooted tree

could survive

but only for a few days.

Human beings,

you and I,

we 'root' ourselves

through

our relationships 

with people.

If we are disconnected from

a strong circle of people,

we are walking trees.

We seem to do okay

initially and 

only initially!

We may be surviving,

but we aren't living life -

no matter how we pamper ourselves

in our little worlds,

it's just not possible to 

truly enjoy life.

See,

the closer the people are to you,

the greater the influence 

you'll naturally receive from them.

The first 10 over years 

of our lives are with our

biological family.

You've been rooted in 

a garden of

nourishing grounds.

Excellent character, 

faith, hope and love.

What have been 

growing you,

keep it and let it continue 

feeding you.

You may have been rooted

in 

toxic grounds -

thorns of hurts

that've brutally warped you.

These have been

decomposing you.

But

you can let it go

and do something about it.

A new way of living

is available.

[to be continued]

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