<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Holding on can prevent growth. When someone always... > Holding on can prevent growth. When someone always serves as another person's crutch, that person never builds strength to walk alone, much as rehabilitation requires patients to bear their own weight. Stepping back can let reality become the teacher. **Source:** [[livestreams/Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 2 - Workbook|Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 2]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Holding on can prevent growth. When someone always serves as another person's crutch, that person never builds strength to walk alone, much as rehabilitation requires patients to bear their own weight. Stepping back can let reality become the teacher.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-holding-prevent-growth-reality-become-teacher ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->