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The path to success can be very lonely to walk sometimes, especially when you have people around you who do not share your dreams and aspirations.
I saw a YouTube video sometime ago when someone explained that when you have a circle of friends and family who are on the same level with you, then you start to rise.
They tend to go against you because of the fear of losing you, and that is real, but someone would need to break out of those circles in order to rise because if you don't rise, those that are supposed to rise through you won't rise as well.
I know a story of a family of three brothers who all had various skills: one was a welder, the other had a chemist shop, and the last was a career person.
The eldest, who had a chemist shop, took some loans to expand his business, and he opened a bakery. The business boomed, and he went from there into oil and gas, owning a fleet of fueling stations around his city, and now he is going into real estate, having two massive hotels and other hostels in some student areas back in my state.
Once he made it, all the supplies of building materials for projects were given to his younger brother, who was a welder and also sold building materials, and the management part of his business he employed his youngest brother for, and today I can say the three of them are millionaires.
So you see, a person has to walk the path of success before they can carry others along, but a twist to this is the role you play in their lives on the journey to success because if you didn't offer value on the way, then you might just not fit in later.
On the flip side, I had a friend who we left secondary school together, and then she got admitted into the university, and while I was still struggling, it took me so long to finally get the admission, but I finally did.
In her first year we would talk about how she had to go for classes and the new challenges that came with being an undergraduate student at the university and all.
But suddenly in her second year she stopped taking my calls regularly and would respond to my messages after days until one day when I called and it seemed as if she had discussed my issue with her friends.
And so while on that call I heard something of the things her friends were saying about the fact that I am not even a student yet and I won't leave an undergraduate alone.
And they laughed about it. I was pained, but I decided to focus more on myself, and I got an admission, and after getting admission, I went home one time, and after greeting someone, she called me back and told me that she envies all my dad's children.
I got curious and asked why, and she said she has seen kids who grew up in their neighborhood go to school and come back, and nobody can talk to them anymore, but she said we are different and that in spite of our exposure to school, we would still relate with people at their level.
I was glad to hear that because it subtly reminded me of my friend; they stopped taking my calls because I wasn't a student yet.
In the end sometimes we go through some situations in order to shape us from becoming the person we fear, and success without meaningful relationships will make you lonely at the top.
This is my entry for the Sci-Fi multiverse week 31 prompt, which talks about THE DRASTIC SOCIAL CHANGE THAT COMES WITH SUCCESS.
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