you can tell. if things didn't change, think of where you'd be. i mean, to get truly mindfucked, you wouldn't even exist, because your parents never grew up, they never met; nothing would exist, without a starting point, and an ending point, and the change between. you wouldn't have met any of your friends, or crushed any of your hearts, or just, given into the absolute rapture of so many moments.

you should only look back at things in happiness, never for want of. every new change is a new spark, a new chance, a new hope; a new fight, a new test, a new mark of courage.