Only those who know you possess the power to hurt you; draw too close to someone, and one never knows when closeness turns to enmity. Strangers perceive only your results, blind to your past; knowing nothing of your origins, your flaws, or your trials, their envy is mere longing for your circumstance. But those who knew you are different—they witnessed your mediocrity and remember your past; to see you prosper today brings a bitter ache to their hearts.