Quoting Cinderella would be far too easy.

And we all know, 

that by Cinderella

I DO NOT mean of the Disney princess variety,

but rather a certain seminal,

glam rock, Eighties band.

Because they had it right.

The present is like a microscope.

You only see the details.

Every little motion seems huge.

Every bump in the road is disaster.

Every sad song and dim light

is reason for despair.

And then things change,

for better

for worse,

but they're different.

and you find yourself missing

the same situations you ran away from.

Because nothing is as bad as your current situation, 

until you're in a different one.

and nobody is as irritating as the people you

see everyday,

until you don't see them anymore.

When you are no longer looking under the microscope,

everything blends a lot better.

You can almost forget the tears.

And as time goes on

and things get shittier and shittier,

your memory of the past gets better and better.

because you don't know what you've got,

'till it's gone.

{Listening To: "Beatdown In The Key Of Happy"- Four Year Strong}