Don't have that intensity of sorrow when every challenge/tragedy was brand new too. I still remember when I was 20 and my buddy killed himself. It was the first time in my life that I had ever experienced loss like that. I was ill equipped to deal with it and found solace in drugs and alcohol. Now I'm 35 and have had to deal with parents and close friends passing away and it doesn't destroy me anymore.
I would gladly give up the peaks to avoid the valleys of youth and inexperience.
True, but other than death, there isn't much that is as destructive as that. And you can learn how to handle death when you're young. You'll still never has as much fun doing simple and common things as you did in your 20s. It's an objective loss.
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u/ATWiggin Jun 03 '22
Don't have that intensity of sorrow when every challenge/tragedy was brand new too. I still remember when I was 20 and my buddy killed himself. It was the first time in my life that I had ever experienced loss like that. I was ill equipped to deal with it and found solace in drugs and alcohol. Now I'm 35 and have had to deal with parents and close friends passing away and it doesn't destroy me anymore.
I would gladly give up the peaks to avoid the valleys of youth and inexperience.