Reflections Seeded from the I Ching
Forcing Developments?

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Forcing Developments?

When we are responsible for the growth of a new young thing, it is best to have no preconceptions about how it HAS to develop.

In the first stages of growth, everything is feeling its way, responding to the environment, twisting, turning, and sensing.

It is easy to destroy new, young growth by insisting it fits a preconceived pattern.

Again, pulling on the shoots doesn’t make them grow faster