The Greatest You by Trent Shelton

Author:Trent Shelton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00

The Good Seeds

Before I get to how to dig up your bad seeds, I want to point out that there are plenty of good seeds out there, and you definitely want to keep those planted and growing in your garden. So, what is a good seed, and how can you tell the difference between a good one and a bad one? Good seeds are anything that helps you grow and flower.

Something I didn’t know during the gardening adventure I told you about in the last chapter but that I know now is that the pros will put plants together that benefit one another. For example, one plant might keep pests away from another plant, or one might help make the soil better for another plant. When these “seeds” work in tandem, the whole garden is better for it.

Good seeds are kind of like that for you, and in lots of ways they’re the exact opposite of bad seeds. If a bad seed is someone who reminds you of a time you had trouble with or failed at something, a good seed is someone who reminds you that you’ve overcome troubles in the past. If a bad seed is a family member who keeps putting you down or limiting your potential, a good seed is a family member who supports your dreams and encourages you to make the most of yourself. If a bad seed is a seriously dysfunctional relationship between your parents, a good seed is seeing your parents be affectionate with one another and be on the same team.

For Rehabber Jeannine, a good seed was sown in her life at a time when she desperately needed it. For ten years, she dated a man she describes as “toxic.” Jeannine’s son hated the man, but Jeannine refused to leave him, because she’d convinced herself that she couldn’t do any better. Even when this man and her son got into a “knock-down, drag-out fight,” Jeannine still wouldn’t dump the guy. Her parents, from whom she rented her home, demanded that she kick the guy out, and when Jeannine refused, they evicted her.

“I lost everything,” she told me. “Everything! My home, my job, my son. I was homeless. I had nothing. I ended up in a tent. Alone. Scared.”

She made some new friends who let her stay with them at a local motel, but when she discovered that they were using heroin, she realized she had to get out of there—but that meant being homeless once again. Desperate, she called a girlfriend, Nancy, who said Jeannine could stay with her. Nancy had actually offered Jeannine help before, but Jeannine turned her down because she didn’t have anything she could offer in return.

“Nancy always gave me ‘props.’ She knew that I was having a difficult time with self-worth. So she made me feel as though I was important. Little things, such as helping her with her kids, as my son was not with me at the time, helped. She taught me how to cook new dishes.

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