We all go through mental phases. Our naiveté diminishes, and our emotions fluctuate. Sometimes we are more stressed, sometimes we are more relaxed.
Most of the time these changes are gradual and go unnoticed, but every once in awhile we can feel it. We can recognize the fact that we don't think exactly the same way we did not too long ago.
Occasionally, we get to glimpse a previous mindset. A certain smell or image can send our mind into memory, and allow us to compare how we have changed. We can see how much better things have become, or we can wallow in nostalgia. The misery we see in the future can seem bleak when compared to the joy we used to have, and those we miss may never return to us.
"But you'll never live 'till you let it go.
Let it go."
