We may unwittingly minimize the problems we had in the past and at the same time exaggerate the joys, making it seem that things were a lot better than they really were.
أَحَدُ ٱلْأَخْطَاءِ ٱلَّتِي قَدْ نَقْتَرِفُهَا هُوَ عَدَمُ ٱلنَّظَرِ بِوَاقِعِيَّةٍ إِلَى ٱلْمَاضِي .‏