Running the Race

Stand on the sidelines clapping encouragement. Watch with pride and joy as your loved one runs the race. When you see him fall, grieve with him. If you step forward and offer a piggy back he'll be put under pressure of unhealthy options. He may take the piggyback for instant relief, never to learn endurance through the pain as the task is taken from his hands. A habit of "holding-him-up" rather than walking with him, or even running alongside, inevitably tethers you together for life in a symbiotic partnership that leaves both weaker and confuses your individual purpose.