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The Beginning
THE NOTION OF GROWTH
THE BEGINNING
Almost all people start life with enthusiasm. Every step we venture into the new world confronts us with things unknown which cause amazement and happiness within us and which we explore with fascination.
This fascination accompanies our early years. It reaches an absolute high point when we fall in love for the first time and thereby discover that within ourselves there lies a dormant, undiscovered world, whose existence we previously couldn't even guess at and which holds the promise of totally unexpected ecstatic joy for us. This discovery inspires us to try out entirely new action-patterns and makes us venture into unknown areas of our life.
After this high point our fascination usually diminishes somehow. Inevitable profound disappointments cause us to be more cautious especially in the area of our emotions, so that deep pain may not overwhelm us too easily. Yet instead of searching how to renew the original enthusiasm that
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