I no longer had the arrogance of being frustrated with slow people [...]
I got on with people much better. I developed much more respect for one of my friends in particular who I always considered slow - it turned out he is much deeper than I thought, I just never had the patience to notice before. You could say I had more time to look around.
Yes, this happens to good looking people who lose their looks due to accident or age, the ones with nothing else find it devastating, the others (the lucky ones) find it a very sobering and saddening experience.
Physical beauty is a wasting asset, present when you are least able to appreciate how valuable it is.
Reads like the way to cure narcissism.