[ljnelson]

This seems like it isn't physically related, but it is: as the years accumulate, it becomes more and more clear that the person staring back at you in the mirror is the one you have to live with most intimately. Do the best you can with what you have, in all things, always. The person in the mirror will know whether it was the best you could, and he or she or they will also know whether you can be forgiven for any given action given what you had at the time. The biggest part of this is unkindness: If you are unkind, that person in the mirror will never let you forget it. You may not spend much time on this when you are young but you will spend a lot of time on it when you are older.