The picture above from dreamstime.com shares a valuable insight Into the the process of growth.
At the beginning when the leaves started to appear, it was all green, small and tender.
As the day passes by, some leaves have to give way for news ones to develop. I can't possible go further but to stop at this point to reflect about this process and how we human, I inclusive have been fighting this natural process ordained by God.
I can infer from this that for one to make progress or as one gets older. He/She has to let go certain concept and beliefs in order to make room for new concept and ideas. One can't possibly cling on to old ways of doing things and expect a progressive growth in ones endeavour. One also has to takeup bigger task and delegate smaller task, just like a tree will get rid of its old leaves in order to make room for new leaves to develop.
Growth indeed, is an interesting journey, but if you loose site of the destination you may get stunted along the way.
Your can picture its similarity with the growth in STEEM