I can think of myself in these situations.

When I was very young I did not see further than where my hands could reach. I did not even think of when I grow up or when I grow old. Life was forever for invincible me ;-) . Now I look far and wide and I can see my end of life closer than my hands can push away. I do not think about what ahead much anymore but what in the past. No. No woes for me!

I know people who cannot look further than the mirror in front of them -- Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all ;-) The mirror cannot lie. So it remains silent.