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When You're Afraid to Outgrow Your Tribe

Tribe can be belonging or captivity.

Abraham of London
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You've outgrown them.

The people who once felt like home
now feel like a ceiling.

Their conversations don't stretch you.
Their values don't challenge you.
Their vision doesn't include where you're going.

And you're afraid to admit it.
Because leaving feels like betrayal.
Because they were there when no one else was.


Tribe can be belonging.
Or it can be captivity.

And sometimes the most loyal thing you can do
is become who you were meant to be
even if it means some people won't come with you.

This week, name one belief you've outgrown
but still perform to keep the peace.

Growth is not abandonment.
It's becoming the person you were always meant to be.
And some people will only know the old you.
That's okay.

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