Nutrition and healthy relationships??

March 20, 2014 by Evelyn Davis 2 Comments

Healthy relationships……well they’ve never been the strongest part of my life. As a matter of fact most of the relationships in my life have been a train wreck. I was an only child growing up in a home of alcoholics and had zero relationship with my parents. The sins of my mother fell heavily on my shoulders at a very young age and I was ostracized from aunts, uncles, and cousins. To this day, I know not the sins I carried. With the passing of my mother in December and very few blood relatives remaining, it’s unlikely that I will ever be brought into the light in that area. There are some things that you simply must learn to accept and push past them…..most days, that’s where I am. I have had a rotting pile of broken relationships that I’ve carried with me throughout my 40 years. They have held me back and weighted me down. My first healthy relationship came with the birth of my son in 1993. I had sworn an oath to myself that I would not be the cause of my children’s dysfunction….it would have been easier had I chosen a proper father for 2 of my 3 children. It wasn’t until many years later that I realized that “nutrition” encompasses everything that feeds you including relationships and careers, as well as spirituality. My nutrition in these areas was nothing but junk. It took some time and some “way down deep” soul searching – you know, the searching that makes you fearful of what you’ll find – but I found a place in me that was whole and unscarred from my life. This tiny speck of innocence was tightly wrapped and guarded with my very life. I fed this small glimmer of life with positivity and purpose, using caution to keep the negativity of the remainder of my being from poisoning this one good thing I could find in myself. I fed this lone flower everything good I could find for it, and it became stronger and began to grow roots as it spread like perfectly cared for Impatients In the sun. I learned that it doesn’t matter how small the positive, if you feed it the right things, it will take over your life. The same holds true for the darkness in your life. The more light you keep out, the darker you become. We do not exist to live in darkness. We exist to live the abundance of light.