different

Do you ever think about how different we are?

Not from each other. But from ourselves. The us of 5 or 10 years ago are completely different people. Me from 10 years ago would be in awe of who I am today. While I view her with scorn and shame. 

I don't necessarily view current me as great. But I can see the difference. And i think of me 10 years from now. And how much awe I would be in if I could see her now. And how far she will see she has come from current me. She may even view current me with some scorn or shame. 

I think we need to remember how different WE are when we talk to other people too. Because the people they are now may be nothing like what they were. And this could mean that the person we know now has pains we have never seen. Or it may mean the person we knew, if different now. And that we aren't seeing who they have BECOME. And when both parties are doing that, huge miscommunication can happen, and feelings be hurt without intention.