dig up old pictures and you will be amazed by how much you have changed. even if you think you are still the same, the things that you did back then, things you were not really proud of, they seem so distant. you feel different, like as if it was a different person who did those things back then. is this when you realize you have changed, that you are more mature now? how long is long enough? do wounds really heal? only time can tell. and so the waiting game continues...