Let friendship hold different career seasons

Career · Little Light original

A friend tells you about a promotion, and you are happy for them. You also feel the quiet ache of wanting something similar for yourself. The two feelings arrive together, and for a moment you wonder whether the second one makes the first less sincere. You can celebrate without pretending you have no unfinished hopes. Listen to the news, ask about the work, and let their moment belong to them. Later, give your own disappointment somewhere honest to go. It may reveal a conversation you need to have or an ambition you have been leaving unnamed. It does not need to become distance between you. Friendships built through work do not require careers to advance at matching speeds. There will be seasons when one person has news and the other has questions. You can remain generous in both. Their opportunity has not made your years of effort disappear, and your longing does not have to cost you someone you would otherwise be glad to have beside you.

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