I have been going to Kingswood Camp For Boys for three years.  I go there because I love it.  What do I love about it?  The fact is that I love so many things about it that I can’t decide what I like the most.  You can pick anything that interests you, and everything you pick has a life skill that you learn from it.  In riflery and archery you learn how to shoot bows and guns but you also learn patience, because you will pretty much always miss the bullseye and sometimes the target so you have to have the patience to keep trying.  When you play/learn tennis you learn hand-eye coordination.  In canoeing you learn how to get corrected without getting mad because there are so many strokes and they are all so hard.  At kingswood we are in the middle of a national forest so we do a lot of hiking.  This 3 week semester I hiked 56 miles.  On all the hikes that you take, there are easy parts, but most of the hike, usually is just challenging.  At the beginning of the hike you worry that you might not be able to do it.  But once you start, you calm down and think wow this is easy.  Then it starts to get challenging and you have steep bits, muddy bits and elevator shafts (straight up.) Then after 2½ – 3  hours hiking it gets easier again.  Finally when you get to the top of the mountain and enjoy the view you think “wow that feels good.”  That is a nice feeling.  Afterwards, I usually feel that the best part of the hike was when I was being challenged and not when it was easy. That should  be the same when you think about life.