Any attempt to measure one's progress in life by assessing their present physical surroundings, including a panoramic glance of their past, is seriously shortsighted. 

The reason being, John, is that each journey, kind of like a haircut, should never be fully appraised until it's complete. Otherwise, one could mistake a miracle-in-the-making for a setback, loss, or the "wet-look."

 

Your cosmic barber,