Story for the 60-year-old Me

"Growing up is a very strange and life bending process in itself. As you get older, you just get tired of repeating your daily routines. You just get accustomed to quality over quantity.  
As you grow up and get into college or go out into the real world, you'll go your separate ways with your close friends. Grabbing a drink together means rescheduling. You have your own destination to reach, own dreams to achieve, own path to walk, so, making time for friends and family WILL be deemed a hassle.  
But, every once in a while, you will genuinely abandon everything else and grab a drink together. You have a deadline? Let it be. You'll go out there for your friend, get a drink, and relive all your childhood memories together, laugh hard at that one time you got dumped.
We all live for that one drink every once in a while. Not name, not fame, but for that one drink with your friends reliving all your childhood memories. Time doesn't halt for anyone. So, grab that drink with your friends, for you will have one more story to talk about when you turn 60."

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