As we attempt to bridge the gap between who we were and who we're becoming, we must come to terms with the fact that there is only one constant in our lives, and that is our selves. We are the only people that we are with day in and day out. We are the only people who we're going to have for our whole lives. We are the only ones who know all of our experiences, all of our feelings, who can replay all of our memories, who have been with ourselves in all of the places that we've been and know all the people we know. There is a certain sadness in realizing this, in watching our identities become more individual and more distinct from the factors that originally shaped them.
当我们试图弥合过去和将来的差距时，我们必须接受这样一个事实：我们的生活中只有一个不变的东西，那就是我们自己。我们是唯一每天都在一起的人。我们是我们一生中唯一拥有的人。我们是唯一知道我们所有经历、所有感受、能够重演我们所有记忆、在我们去过的所有地方与我们在一起、认识我们认识的所有人的人。意识到这一点，看到我们的身份变得更加个人化，与最初塑造它们的因素更加不同，这是一种悲哀。