Nature is cruel. For something to grow, something else must wither. For something to come to life, something else must die. In nature, growth requires destruction. Life requires death. As in nature, so in psyche. Part of us can’t grow unless another part dies. To become what we want to become, part of what we are must cease to exist.
The price of progress is death
The price of progress is death
The price of progress is death
Nature is cruel. For something to grow, something else must wither. For something to come to life, something else must die. In nature, growth requires destruction. Life requires death. As in nature, so in psyche. Part of us can’t grow unless another part dies. To become what we want to become, part of what we are must cease to exist.