Hey Everyone,
This thread is inspired by a YouTuber I follow who is both extremely goal-oriented and yet promotes ways of slower living at the same time. I enjoy the balance she's trying to achieve and model for her audience.
One of the things she shared about herself is that she grew up in a farming family community -- she was surrounded by soil and those who worked it, and had tried to get away from it her entire life. But when she hit her 40's, she could "no longer deny the fact that it was in my blood," and has been vlogging about the amazing backyard garden she is creating.
Maybe it's because I'm adopted with no background information, but I've always been fascinated with what people learn or pick due to "nature" (biology) versus "nurture" (environment.)
One of the most intriguing passages in the Bible for me is 2 Timothy 1:5 in which Paul tells Timothy -- "I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also. Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you... (through the laying on of hands.")
I am always amazed by the way God puts characteristics into people and then passes them along through both biology and environment. I was thinking of my own family in which music was passed down from grandparent to child to grandchildren, even though the grandparent was never able to learn to read music -- it was all played "by ear."
Now I realize this can work both ways as well. I've always seemed to be more prone to depression than anyone else in my family, and I've often wondered if it was caused or exacerbated by biological factors that my birth parents might have passed on to me.
I would love to hear stories from people about what they believe is "in their blood" -- things they have "picked up" from their families, whether biological or environmental, and whether joyful or challenging.
* Name some traits such as hobbies, spiritual callings and gifts, or health issues that you believe are "in your blood."
* How have these things impacted your life, whether for the good or bad?
* What parts of these traits do you hope to pass on to your kids or others around you?
* And even if you or someone you know doesn't seem to have anything in common with your own family (that was me for a long time,) where do you think you "got it from?" (Do you think God just uniquely made you that way? Did you learn it from someone other than your family?)
Of course, this is a question that's open to everyone, and I look forward to hearing what anyone would like to share.
This thread is inspired by a YouTuber I follow who is both extremely goal-oriented and yet promotes ways of slower living at the same time. I enjoy the balance she's trying to achieve and model for her audience.
One of the things she shared about herself is that she grew up in a farming family community -- she was surrounded by soil and those who worked it, and had tried to get away from it her entire life. But when she hit her 40's, she could "no longer deny the fact that it was in my blood," and has been vlogging about the amazing backyard garden she is creating.
Maybe it's because I'm adopted with no background information, but I've always been fascinated with what people learn or pick due to "nature" (biology) versus "nurture" (environment.)
One of the most intriguing passages in the Bible for me is 2 Timothy 1:5 in which Paul tells Timothy -- "I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also. Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you... (through the laying on of hands.")
I am always amazed by the way God puts characteristics into people and then passes them along through both biology and environment. I was thinking of my own family in which music was passed down from grandparent to child to grandchildren, even though the grandparent was never able to learn to read music -- it was all played "by ear."
Now I realize this can work both ways as well. I've always seemed to be more prone to depression than anyone else in my family, and I've often wondered if it was caused or exacerbated by biological factors that my birth parents might have passed on to me.
I would love to hear stories from people about what they believe is "in their blood" -- things they have "picked up" from their families, whether biological or environmental, and whether joyful or challenging.
* Name some traits such as hobbies, spiritual callings and gifts, or health issues that you believe are "in your blood."
* How have these things impacted your life, whether for the good or bad?
* What parts of these traits do you hope to pass on to your kids or others around you?
* And even if you or someone you know doesn't seem to have anything in common with your own family (that was me for a long time,) where do you think you "got it from?" (Do you think God just uniquely made you that way? Did you learn it from someone other than your family?)
Of course, this is a question that's open to everyone, and I look forward to hearing what anyone would like to share.
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