That’s a powerful way to look at it.
Maybe we are new versions of ourselves, whether we accept it or not.

I don’t think returning is ever truly possible… because even if we go back to the same place, we don’t go back with the same heart or the same mind.

And you’re right — sometimes returning feels like a loss, not because the past was better, but because we’ve already outgrown parts of it.

Maybe the real question isn’t whether we changed…
but whether we understand what we’ve become.