Life is beautiful, yes… but if I say to you that you should
enjoy its beauty and be content with what you have, am I saying you shouldn’t
try to achieve more? I don’t think so. I look at finding contentment as putting
an end
to strife, not putting an end to striving. Don’t ever stop improving.
It does not hinder you to better your condition in this world, in your family
or in your career.
You may want more, but as long as you appreciate what you
have, there can be no wrong in seeking to better yourself. As the saying goes, be
thankful for the life you have while fighting for the life you want.
While doing that, though, give contentment a special place in your life because
discontentment benefits no one. All it does is push you towards negativity
which harms not only you, but also everyone connected to you.
Damages of
Discontentment
Jealously, comparison, restlessness, depression, and
aggression are the major factors of discontentment. Discontentment leaves deep
scars on your soul and sometimes damages life in such a way that the damage is
irreparable.Discontentment is lust for money, material pleasure, fame,
prestige and power. The result is rivalry, bitterness, greed, covetousness and
jealously. Cut throat competition crops up everywhere be it career, family or
academic levels. No one is satisfied with what they have. Self-sufficiency has
taken the backseat.Have we ever thought about what we are getting from these
things? Are we benefiting from these feelings or actions? If the answer is No,
then why not get better at finding contentment?
Contentment in Life
and Peace
There are two tents: content and discontent. It is up to you
which one you live in. If contentment is profit, discontentment is loss; if
contentment is happiness then discontentment is sadness. Contentment leads you
to peace, happiness, self-sufficiency and love towards human beings and
spirituality.
Make a checklist and find out whether you are closer to finding
contentment, or further away now than ever.
- What is important for you?
- Are you happy?
- What makes you happy?
- Which of your needs are not being met?
If you find out the answers to your happiness are things
that come from within yourself then you are contended.
Finding contentment in life is the key to happiness which
brings us internal, and eternal, peace. A contented mind free of turbulence.
That helps foment positive thinking. Contentment is an instrument in shaping
your life. All the worldly things (riches and power) are worthless without contentment.
It is an investment which gives you inner peace, love, harmony and connectivity
to God, and that is something which money can never buy.
