This week, I’m going to ask you to go find an old picture of yourself.

It doesn’t matter when this picture was taken—it could be a childhood photo, taken way back on the first day of fifth grade when you were so excited to be carrying your new unicorn backpack full of a fresh Trapper-Keeper and magnetic pencils. It could be a photo from two years ago, before you cut off all your hair. It could be a photo from last week, when you were brave enough to capture a selfie on a sunny Saturday.

It just needs to be a photo of you in the past. Distant or near. The timing doesn’t matter. What matters is that this image is a reflection of some way you used to be. The history of you, so to speak.

Study this picture. Really look at it. The lighting, the background, the tiny details that might have escaped your glance before.

Then, ask yourself these three questions:

1) Who is the person in this picture?

2) Knowing now what I didn’t know then, what would I say to this person? This past version of me?

3) What is one wonderful thing about the person you see in this picture?