Nonetheless, there are developmental issues that we all deal with at some point along the way. The sphinx’s riddle suggests the two most important ones—the first being the transition by which a dependent creature moves into a separate independence and develops a self-image and a personal style. And then later, the same self-image and personal style hinder growth, and the person must face the long, slow process of growing beyond them. Much of this later growth may look at first like loss, just as much of the earlier growth appears to be gain. But that is no more true than the sense that spring
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