I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.
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I think we all get into situations where we don't know how to proceed, and those are really the scariest moments that we have, but that's also what makes us 'grow up' and learn a lot about each other.
I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.
It's strange how the simple things in life go on while we become more difficult.
We've all recognized the moment when the world has handed us a situation that is bigger than our youth can handle, and we have to grow up in a second. And when you do get to the other side, all it does is take us to this new level of existence that is more beautiful and more complex and, in some ways, more painful.
Endings are a part of life, and we are actually wired to execute them. But because of trauma, developmental failures, and other reasons, we shy away from the steps that could open up whole new worlds of development and growth.
I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes.
In life sometimes, in the universe, you have to close some doors to have others open.
I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.
Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the middle.
The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.