The Dangers of Overhauling

Are you in the overhaul business? In These High, Green Hills,by Jan Karon, one of the characters is asked why he doesn’t like women. ‘They’re in the overhauling business,’ the man replied. What did he mean by that? Sometimes what happens is one partner, and it’s not always only women, falls in love with a person and then sets about trying to change them. But what happens is that as the character in this book found out, once they’ve changed them into what they thought they wanted, the person still isn’t happy and ends up leaving anyway. It’s a bit … Continue reading