DNA

I often marvel at how some attributes, emotional responses, and just how we look at life in general seem to be born in us.  Maybe it is because I was adopted I spend a little more time noticing this sort of thing.  Certainly a great deal of our personalities come from our environment, birth order, family dynamics etc but I believe some things are just DNA or spirit stuff from past lives-if you believe in that.  I am not exactly sure how to explain it except that certain things are not taught and cannot be changed in us.  It just is what it is.   My Dad used to tell me a story about how not long after they adopted me he took me fishing.  I was around 2 years old.  He said he was doing quite well fishing from a pier and I got very happily excited each time he caught a fish.  When it was time to bring up the stringer and start preparing them to eat I started crying “Oh, Daddy!   Your not gonna kill them are you?”  My Dad said he felt so bad upsetting me.  He tried to explain how we catch fish to eat and this was okay.  He said I was so heart broken and concerned for the fishes’ welfare he ended up letting them all go.  I have no memory of this but I know to this day if I can put an insect outside rather than kill it I do so.  I hate snakes so much I scream and run when I even think I see one but I do not kill them.  I carry a can or two of cat food in my truck at all times just in case I happen upon a starving cat.  Our family dogs thru the years were usually rescues from the side of the road.  Just one of those things I guess. Have a great day.  kisses