“there is no end of craving. hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. therefore, acquire contentment.”–sivananda

last night, i went on a date.
i went with this cute boy named tayte.
and after we dined,
we went to go find
the quarry where we had to wait.

we were tripling with brenton and russell,
and the quarry was all a-bustle.
so we started to climb,
but it’d been a long time,
quickly tired became every muscle.

now at climbing i’m not the best,
and i took lots of breaks to rest.
but i must've been improving,
(tayte’s looks were approving,)
i know for climbing i have lots of zest.

i wanted to try a 10a,
and tayte promised me he would belay.
i was filled with some doubt,
and almost backed out,
but i got up—all of the way!

after a time, we decided to stop.
we were both about ready to drop.
i was full of bliss
but what mattered was this—
every climb, we both touched the top.

wow.
i hadn’t even planned on having that be a limerick.
i know that at time, the rhyming felt a little stretched.
and that sometimes i threw all grammar out the window.
but it really was a fun date.
and i think that the other four (russell, ginny, brenton, and jillian) all had fun as well, even though it was the first time for some of them.
and i really was proud of myself for doing that 10a.
it was the hardest one i’d ever done.
i did a second 10a as well, but i was so tired, i hung a lot.
tayte said he wouldn’t give me any credit for it.
then he did it and struggled a bit, so he decided to give me half credit.
then after we climbed, we were driving back to his apartment to watch the first indiana jones movie—raiders of the lost ark.
i’ve never seen any of them, so he just wanted to culture me.
as we were driving and talking, i realized something.
i was talking with this cute boy about happy things (mainly reminiscing about puerto rico), i had just successfully climbed a hard climb, my arms and hands were happy to be resting…
and then i realized how perfectly content i was in that moment in time.
man life is good.
it’s not easy.
on the contrary—it’s pretty much the farthest thing from it.
but it’s so worth it.
i’ve come to realize this more and more in these past couple of weeks.
i wouldn’t trade the life i’ve been given for anything :)