A line from J. P. Donleavy

Sometimes you're not the same 
person. Maybe you don't miss the
old versions, are glad they've gone
away. No condolence messages,

but these days most people think 
they tend to be overdone, that 
they've lost any sincerity they 
might have had. & even though

you agree with that, occasionally
you turn a corner & meet some stray
thought or image moving towards 
you, to remind you of your past.