
“All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.” ― Ellen Glasgow
I’m going to warn you right now, at the beginning of today’s essay, that I’m going to grow your inbox. There are two newsletters I’ll recommend today.
But that’s not the kind of growing pain I want to talk with you about.
Did you ever have growing pains as a kid? Joints sore, tired all the time, constant moodiness. It’s inconvenient, right?
That may be so, but it’s also a part of life—part of growing up.
Is there any kind of growth that comes without pain?
Some people go through life with nothing but success, buffeted not by failures, setbacks, or traumas, but buoyed by an unrealistic assessment of their abilities and the good fortune to have been born at the right time, in the right place, or of the right class.
I would argue that their development—while a progression of sorts—isn’t growth at all. Growth ought to require self-realization…
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