Sometimes we don't all make it. That's just life. And when you hang around with artists, you lose people. It's not uncommon to find artists dealing with intense highs and frightening lows. Addiction gets hold. Despair becomes a way of life. We lose the ability to hear anything other than the Editors in our head. And sometimes, some of us decide not waking up tomorrow would be better than facing another day of pain.
The Buddhist says life is pain and if you can accept that, everything becomes a little more peaceful. The Marine says life is pain and should be because who wants it to be easy anyway?
Losing is one thing. You're outnumbered, outgunned, outsmarted. That's how it goes.
Giving up is something else entirely.
If the Golden Rule is "Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you," then maybe the Iron Rule should be simply: Don't Give Up.
Don't. Give. Up.
