Heredity hand-me-downs

Of all the things that can be passed on from generation to generation why is it that the most popular inheritance is disease?

I have often pondered on this strange phenomena- if disease is genetic then why doesn’t everyone walk around with a thermometer under his or her tongue? I think that everyone would have all the ancestral disease I call “ignorance is bliss”

My hereditary knapsack was full of conglomerate of excuses that were used to explain and distort the facts of life. Though matter how much distress this disconcerting task was the burden was passed on; so for a while I did it and could not understand why on earth it felt like I was carrying everyone who was born before me and continue to add all those born after me. The problem is that I have no and still have no clue what is in this knapsack that I am expected to carry. I realized the side effects of taking everyone responsibility and along the way their disease began to manifest in me. That was when I decided to pass that back because I am not in way passing that on to my offspring.

When he swung from his family tree he had no fear, no shame, no surprises and so he never had to pretend for he already knew that David slept with Basheba, Rahab was a prostitute, Mary was his mother but she did not own him, his friends had bad tempers and he would get the bad rap from his challengers, yet he went about doing good. Is it any wonder Jesus made himself of no reputation? Instead he went about doing his fathers business in spite of the all the topsy-turvy and gnarled branches on his tree.

He modelled acceptance and sensitivity without faking his conscience. I too, want to make this my model and help as many persons as I can to do the same.

I am progresively letting go of what I am not responsible for and accept all what I am responisble to. Not knowing my roots as I ought to will not severe my connection with my Creator or myself from the Creator. I have already spent too many decades waiting and hoping to know about my family and where medical health is concerned, what I do not know has had a great impact on my sanity. And I am expected to inherit that! Total nonsense as far as I am concerned because I will end up just waiting around for doctors to announce my inheritance and remind me that this baton will most likely be passed on… well hell no! This is not the legacy I want to share with my children so I will take care of my mind, body and spirit so each day I take a step toward healing my mind and letting God transform my life as he designed it. I cannot change the past but I renew my mental genetics and spiritual hereditary to restore the health of my family tree.

I thank God for the courage to say no to this legacy of inheritance, the determination to change things I can and for the gift of love and personal power to exercise self discipline and sound reasoning- thinking for myself