A thought by Henry Cloud, from his book, Necessary Endings (p. 53). HarperCollins e-books. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) That is reality, isn’t it? Henry says, “Sometimes. . . creating an ending might cause a little hurt, like pulling a tooth. But it is good pain. It gives life to you or to your business. Similarly, the rosebush snaps back when it gets pruned. This book is about taking bold steps to embrace that kind of pain. “But there is another kind of pain, one that should not be embraced , one that you want to do everything in your power to end. The pain I am referring to here is misery that goes nowhere. That is not normal, and when it happens, it is time to wake up. It is time to realize that anytime pain is going nowhere fast, a few things must be occurring. “First, you might have become acclimated to the misery in some way. You have gotten so used to it that you no longer feel it as pain but view it as
Continuing a thought from a book I am reading...