"There are worse things than no longer being alive"

Tonight was good. We climbed Mt. KHS with half the effort it took 25 and co. (That's what we're calling 23 and 2 together) I want to go back there before college departures. I feel like I should do something. I feel like I haven't done enough. All these people we've been taking for granted for so long are slipping through the cracks into the real world. Life seems degenerative and each generation, while not without exceptions, seems less than the one prior. What kind of mark can the lesser generations make? I have a friend who's talented. And that talent is how they enter the world. I think we could better ourselves by finding more than one way in. Our mark should leave echoes of nobility, humility, just character in general. It's hard to make when surrounded with so much discouragment with so much encouragement out of town. It's good serve. I could name less than a handful of people who I could say "I would give all that I have to serve by your side" but I consider myself lucky when I know people who couldn't think of that many. It seems to me, the best loves are the ones that are constantly pushing the other person into something greater. It's the daily challenges that make it a worthwhile thing. It should give you something to struggle with and fight for. Desire that can actually change the way you live your life and give you something that nothing else can, that's special. It doesn't just become about hollow words or rainy kisses. It's not about going to the right places for dinner and compromising on what to do. It's doing what's hard that transforms it into something that's something to be proud of. Conviction is good. I will never envy the person that doesn't get that.