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    When Their Limit Becomes Your Ceiling — Releasing the Guilt of Outgrowing People

    Success, in any form, changes your relationships. Especially with people who knew you before you dared to dream differently. You may notice it in small ways at first. A friend becomes distant. A relative says you’re “too ambitious.” Someone you respect jokes that you’ve “changed.” And you wonder: Did I do something wrong? Here’s the hard truth: sometimes, what feels like judgment is really someone else’s fear of being left behind. When you start to level up — spiritually, financially, creatively — it forces others to confront what they’ve ignored in their own lives. Not because you’re flaunting it, but…