Life Lessons in Nature: English Ivy

A disordered lifestyle is much like the problem of English Ivy in the Willamette Valley. English Ivy is a beautiful plant that grows easily, prevents erosion, and cleans the air. Some say it has medicinal properties, others say it's toxic and will make you sick. It’s not an evil plant. Some people love it and some don’t, but the issue is that English Ivy is invasive in the Willamette Valley. Most people will start their English Ivy problem by using it to fill empty space but that Ivy, if not carefully controlled, takes over everything, choking out the plants around it. Just like a disordered lifestyle, that disordered thing in your life may not be evil, maybe it’s social media, maybe it’s TV, but little by little it may be destroying the forest of your life.