Belief makes things real...
"What were you like as a child?
I was such a better person than I am now. I was happy. I was open. I was curious. But I’ll tell you this — I knew when it was ending. I was overwhelmed with sadness when I realized that I was going to change and that it was all most likely going to get worse. Like a nostalgia for the present. What? I'm weird right?” George Zinavoy, The Art of Getting By