contentment

resty odon, a blogger non pareil who happens to have the same initials and birthday as mine, texted me this morning with this:

"survey lang po. when cn u say that u r contented wd ur lyf? tnx. wont use ur real name."

without giving the question much thought, i texted back:

"contentment is when you don't give a fcuk to what people say!"

but soon as i hit "send," i had another answer coming:

"contentment is when you reach a certain point where you realize that life is not a race and you're not a rat!"

a minute later, i sent this as my final answer:

"contentment is a myth."