We tend to forget
We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. Friedrich Koenig
Contentedness
Imagine craving absolutely nothing
Imagine craving absolutely nothing from the world. Imagine cutting the invisible strings that so painfully bind us: what would that be like? Imagine the freedoms that come from the ability to enjoy things without having to acquire them, own them, possess them. Try to envision a relationship based on acceptance and genuine care rather than … Read more
Let your confidence reflect
Let your confidence reflect your contentedness. Criss Jami
To play someone who
To play someone who is who they are because of the happiness and contentedness that they’ve known in their life is interesting because of sort of how banal it is. Christina Ricci
The key to contentedness
The key to contentedness is not the absence of work; neither is it to cap each day with the witless abandon of hollow entertainment, but to fill your days with that which fills your life with meaning. Andrew Williams
When we turn luxuries
When we turn luxuries into necessities, we jeopardize our ability for contentedness. Alistair Begg
To be satisfied with
To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not. Akhenaton
Complacency is the deadly
Complacency is the deadly enemy of spiritual progress. The contented soul is the stagnant soul. Aiden Wilson Tozer