It is never just one parent or the other that ‘parents’ us, it is a collective of people and things that influence how we are shaped, how we grow and who we become. The metaphor to a wine’s ‘terroir’ therefore is not too far off the mark. The minerals in the soil that a grape is grown in, the geographical region, whether the vines are planted windward, or down-slope, pollutants in the rain, how they are harvested, the manner in which the grapes are processed, fermented, stored, bottled, ALL matter in developing the distinct characteristics of the final product.
Imagine how important factors of genealogy, geography and environment are to human development. Whether we believe it or prefer to rationalize away why we make the decisions we do, our terroir is the key to who we are. UNDERSTANDING our terroir is the key to who we will become.
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