Why does outgrowing people hurt even when it’s right?

Dear Lovely Human,

There comes a season in every life when some people who once felt like home begin to feel like distant doorways you no longer fit through. It can be family, friends, or the peers you once grew alongside. It just happens . Nobody’s at fault.

It’s not dramatic, and it’s rarely intentional. There is a tenderness to leaving the memory behind … almost a grief for the versions of ourselves who clung to those friendships, those mentors, those circles, because they were exactly what we needed then.

This has happened to me a lot…pretty much every decade. I don’t know if it’s because I completely pull away, both geographically and mentally, from the places and people I’ve lived, every 5–10 years.

I end up becoming a whole new version of myself. It’s my quiet promise to honor my own becoming as I stretch and expand my time on this earth. And it may seem selfish, but it’s something sacred I do for myself.

This week’s reflection is an acknowledgment of that soft heartbreak we rarely speak of: the sorrow of expanding beyond people you once would have sworn you’d never outgrow, and the courage it takes to honor the letting them go and keep walking forward for some moment, in grief.

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 How do I broaden my Global Worldview? This month we explore Albania ( Part 3)

Tirana greeted Elira not with quiet charm but with a pulse — a city mid-transformation, scribbling its future in bold, bright strokes. From the moment she stepped onto Sheshi Skënderbej, she felt the momentum. Children chased each other across the vast pedestrian square, cyclists darted through fountains, and the clocktower tolled above the hum of a city unafraid to be loud.

What struck her first was the color. Not the soft colors of Berat’s stone or the blue of the Riviera — but unapologetic neon, splashed across buildings by artists determined to rewrite the memory of grey years. Tirana once hid behind concrete; today, it wears murals like declarations. “We paint,” one local told her, “so we remember that we’re allowed to create again.”

She wandered into Blloku, the neighborhood that used to be off-limits to ordinary citizens during the dictatorship. Today, it feels like the city’s open diary — cafés spilling music into the streets, concept stores selling handmade leather bags, rooftop bars where entrepreneurs pitch ideas over lavender spritzers. It’s here that the city’s youth talk about tech, Europe, Albanian identity, and the belief that Tirana is stepping onto the global stage. And they’re not wrong — just last year, Tirana hosted regional cultural festivals, major architectural forums, and international diplomacy gatherings that put Albania firmly on modern maps.

At Pyramid of Tirana, a relic of dictatorship turned massive cultural hub, Elira climbed the new glass steps. Kids slid down the sides while adults worked on laptops inside, surrounded by studios, classrooms, and start-up incubators. Once a symbol of fear, it has become a symbol of reinvention. “In Albania,” the guide said, “we don't erase the past; we transform it.”

By sunset, Elira sat at Lungomare e Tiranës, the city’s growing green corridor, where families strolled under eucalyptus trees. The air carried the scent of roasted chestnuts and ambition. She realized that Tirana wasn’t just changing — it was inviting the world to witness how a city can shed an old skin without losing its soul.

The silence of the mountains felt far away now, yet connected. Tirana’s rhythm wasn’t noise — it was the sound of a nation learning to breathe differently.

🌆 If you visit Tirana today:

• Skanderbeg Square – Europe’s largest pedestrian square, beating heart of cultural life.

• The Pyramid of Tirana – redesigned as a youth tech & art center; a must-see transformation story.

• Blloku District – Albania’s trendiest neighborhood; cafés, street art, boutiques, nightlife.

• The Cloud (Reja) – an architectural installation and community gathering point.

• New Bazaar (Pazari i Ri) – food markets, artisans, and Tirana’s booming culinary scene.

• Grand Park of Tirana (Parku i Madh) – lakeside trails, cafés, and open-air concerts.

• House of Leaves Museum – a powerful immersion into Albania’s history of surveillance.

Not everyone is meant for the chapter you worked this hard to reach

Outgrowing people isn’t betrayal — it’s alignment.

Not everyone deserves access to the version of me I fought to become.

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5. “Why” – Annie Lennox
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Your fans,
— Sal & the Gleac team

P.S. Meet some of the lovely humans in our Gleac community making waves around the world!