Stay In Your Lane

As you grow in life, you have to learn to leave people behind. The idea of keeping the same friends is romantic. It looks good too. But it carries a fatal flaw that most people overlook. Your rise in stature also reveals your evolution in thinking, in your priorities, in your overall mindset. If the same evolution is missing in your friends, if they refuse to grow, you will notice a gap in the connection. This gap is often misread as arrogance. About money. About class. About stature. But sometimes it's also about the evolution in thinking. You absorb the mindset of the circle you spend the most time with. There's nothing wrong with keeping old friends, as long as the friend is on the path of evolution. He can think differently from you, but he has to be on the journey. I am not against loyalty. It's the most valuable trait in a human being. But loyalty lies in helping a friend rise in life, not in staying down with him. If you really care about your friend, you will also help him do…