I met my younger self for brunch. She was around 17. She arrived 5 minutes late, and I arrived 10 minutes early. She ordered the cheapest item on the menu, saying she usually doesn’t eat at cafes. I ordered what I wanted and told her the brunch was on me. She told me about the competition she was preparing for and said that she was so afraid of failing. I held her hand and said failure is not something she should be afraid of. "We lose and win, and everything is temporary," I added. During our brunch, I reminded her to start eating real food and to exercise regularly because we would need to visit the hospital a few times in the future if we're not start doing it. She nodded, then asked me how to cheer up her best friend who had a broken heart. She also asked if we would have a broken heart in the future. I told her we would. She stared at me and asked if it was bad. I said it was bad, but I told her how much we had grown from it. "It’s fine to feel vulnerable someti...