Contentment is a state of being happy and satisfied. As for Cheryl Strayed, she had lost sight of true happiness in her life. Strayed had become distant with her ownself in regards to feelings and the feelings of those around her. She had distanced her family and close friends by the cause of her mother's death. Strayed explained what she had been going through and a part of her plan for the future, “It was a world I’d never been to and yet had known was there all along, one I’d staggered to in sorrow and confusion and fear and hope” (4). This was a realization and first step into taking on the task to hike the PCT (Pacific Crest Trail), in the interest to become a better person and to shove down the pain she was combating. From the beginning,
