Maybe I Can't Give Up...

In life, we give up our youth, we give up our parents home, we give up on calculus, we give up our big wheel, we give up our elementary, junior high and high school friends, we give up our first kiss, first love and first "time", we give up information leading to the suspension/interrogation/firing/arrest of a friend/co-worker/suspect, we give up trying to make that hot guy/girl want you, we give up summer vacation, we give up parent-paid-perks, we give up trying to write the Great American Novel, we give up thinking if you take three steps and then jump you can fly, we give up expecting a problem to occur and be solved in a 30 minute sitcom fashion, we give up playing sports that we suck at, we give up playing sports that kill our knees, we give up sports we don't enjoy, we give up bologna, we give up beloved pets, we give up old t-shirts we were planning for 20 years to make some sort of mural out of, we give up party plans when we're grounded, we give up the idea of becoming a Doctor when you find out medical school is only slightly less time-consuming than building a four-lane freeway from NY to LA, we give up so many things.... And yet... I can't give up Diet Coke...

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"Believe it or not, I'm walking on air, I never thought I could feel so FREEEEEE..."