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Three Things I Learned In June

By Ryan, June 26, 2008

June 6: Sometimes, less than my best is enough
Right before my graduation ceremony, my German teacher from the last three years pulled me aside and asked me to be a German tutor this coming school year. Even though I didn’t give my best work in that class, she said that I performed brilliantly in the area of sight reading and comprehension, which is what German 1 students need the most help with. Even though I was not on top of all my homework, I still did well enough to impress my teacher. And she asked me personally to be a tutor for her students! Sweet dog, you know I’ll be taking that offer. I get to practice teaching!

June 7: Sometimes, my best is less than enough
My girl buddy broke up with me. I felt somewhat insulted. I did everything the best way I knew how, and, despite my lack of prior experience, I have come to discover that overall, I was a pretty good boyfriend. Although she was right to say that my lack of experience was detrimental, I still never felt like she valued me on the level that I valued her. It wasn’t fair that she broke up with the only one who tried to make the relationship work. But if life was meant to be fair, we’d all burn in hell. In cases like this — when you invest your best and get little return — the best thing you can do is try to improve on what your best is. In this case, I can use the lessons I learned about what kind of girl I’m looking for. And, just as a side note to the girl(s) who read this blog, take a lesson: unless your boyfriend blows up your car on a Friday night, don’t break up with him on a Saturday morning.

June 16: I’m not the same man I was a year ago
On June 16th, I was at Camp WOW, the youth camp my church has gone to during the last three summers. I had a lot of stories I wanted to blog about, but I don’t have time to type all of them out, so I picked out my favorite one: me against the trapeze.
At the camp, there is a 30-foot pole known as the power pole. After putting on a harness, one climbs to the top of the pole and stands at the very top, which is comparable in size to a bagel. Upon standing on top, the climber is to turn around and jump toward a trapeze that is suspended in the air about 5 feet away. On the 15th, I climbed but fell off before I reached the top. But I tried it again, waiting in line for 90 minutes under the unshielded sun with an already painful sunburn. And this time, I made it to the top and I caught the trapeze.
I used to be a quitter. My dad once told me that he constantly noticed me trying something that didn’t work the first time, then giving up. Phone calls, scholarship applications, job applications... you name it, I’ve given up on it after failing once. But that’s not me anymore.

Labels: Challenges, Dating, Relationships

{ Posted 1:21 PM | E-Mail Post | Edit Post }

 Kristin P:

Yay Ryan completed the power pole! I'll give you this i could never climb that thing

 Ryan:

I’m at the Seattle airport right now commenting from my phone’s internet connection. I can already tell you... there will be many an interesting story associated with this trip to Alaska. I’m keeping track of it all in a Word document. Hooray!

 Kristin P:

YAY! Seattle is really nice, its got tons of snow. Last year my family and I went skiing! Dad says yet again, I'm a natural... That was until I couldn't stop and decided that a way to stop would be to sit down. HA! That just get your butt wet.

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