As you make progress, the people around you fall out of step.
What lights you up leaves them cold.
The alignment you took for granted quietly breaks.
The easy move is to leave them behind.
Write them off as stuck.
Resent that they can't see what you now see.
But nobody is deprived of the truth on purpose.
They aren't refusing to grow.
They just haven't reached where you're standing yet.
Not long ago, neither had you.
The person slowing you down is a version of you from a year back.
You didn't need contempt then.
You needed patience.
Be gentle and gracious.
They'd choose better the moment they could see it too.
