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# Old relationships sometimes resist a new identity...
> Old relationships sometimes resist a new identity because change alters the social price of everyone around it. The dreamer must distinguish loving concern from coalition pressure that exists to restore the previous hierarchy.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Community as Currency — Giving, Reciprocity, and the Long Game - Workbook|Community as Currency — Giving, Reciprocity, and the Long Game]]
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“Old relationships sometimes resist a new identity because change alters the social price of everyone around it. The dreamer must distinguish loving concern from coalition pressure that exists to restore the previous hierarchy.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-old-relationships-sometimes-restore-previous-hierarchy
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