From childhood we are taught how things should be – the ways people should behave, how the conversations should flow, how our lives should unfold. And so, when someone diverges from our expectations, even in the smallest ways, we rush to correct them, to offer advice they didn’t ask for, to intervene, believing that we are contributing to their growth, when in reality, we might just be protecting our own sense of control. To accept someone for who they are requires us to release this illusion of certainty and predictability. And yet, there is a paradox: if no one ever tried to influence or challenge us, where would the growth come from?

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