{"id":19153,"date":"2012-05-06T06:01:53","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T10:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=19153"},"modified":"2012-05-06T06:02:47","modified_gmt":"2012-05-06T10:02:47","slug":"the-golden-egg-can-survive-a-few-cracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/the-golden-egg-can-survive-a-few-cracks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Egg Can Survive A Few Cracks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"There’s a difference between treating someone like a treasured and precious gift, and treating them as though they are a fragile egg to be protected at all costs. \u00a0Love them enough to allow them the consequences of their choices. \u00a0 Love them enough to let them struggle, because that’s the only way they’ll strengthen the muscles that let them stand in their own power. \u00a0The egg is never as fragile as it seems. \u00a0There’s always a whole lot going on beneath the surface. \u00a0From the outside, not much appears to be happening. \u00a0But inside: a riot of change and reorganization, feeding, growth, evolution. \u00a0My lesson is to stand back and give a space to unfold. \u00a0Trust that someone other than I can make it happen. \u00a0Don’t deny anyone the opportunity to exercise their own muscles. \u00a0Plus, there’s far less karmic backlash than doing it for them and allowing them to become dependent upon me. \u00a0That is the cruelest disservice I could do for a loved one: to allow them to look to me, rather than within themselves, to find everything they need to survive and thrive. \u00a0Plus, what they come to by themselves makes them far sexier.<\/p>\n

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