The sadness of ‘what could have been’

Not all grief starts with loss. Occasionally, it stems from unpursued dreams, missed opportunities, or the versions of ourselves we were afraid to become.

Have you ever met someone younger and felt a flicker of jealousy, for no clear reason, simply because they were younger? It wasn’t that I wanted to be in their position, nor did I envy anything they possessed. It was something quieter and harder to define.