A thought by Henry Cloud, from his book, Necessary Endings (p. 6). HarperCollins e-books. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) And that can be very difficult, but so very necessary? Henry says, “Infancy gives rise to toddlerhood, and must be forever shunned in order to get to the independence that allows a child to thrive. Later, childhood itself must be given up for people to become the adults that they were designed to be. “Getting to the next level always requires ending something, leaving it behind, and moving on. Growth itself demands that we move on. Without the ability to end things, people stay stuck, never becoming who they are meant to be, never accomplishing all that their talents and abilities should afford them.” He continues, “Some endings are not a next natural step but are just as necessary. We wish they weren’t, but they are. They come about not in pursuit of growth to the next level, but because someth
Continuing a thought from a book I am reading...