On Contentment

I do not need more
of what I do not have.

I have what I need,
I want what I have,

I let go of what
no longer serves me,

and I use what I have
to make a difference
in the world.

And for me,
this is enough.

3 ideas + 3 questions on contentment.

Contentment is the state of being satisfied with who you are and what you have to offer. Contentment is not about tomorrow. Contentment doesn’t happen when your dreams come true. Contentment has nothing to do with getting what you want. Contentment is not about changing your outer world to make your experience of the world better. Contentment is about your inner world. Contentment is a choice you make about the attitude you bring when you show up today. Contentment happens because you decide to be satisfied with your life in the present moment, regardless of what is happening in the world. Contentment happens because you decide you are enough as you are, you have enough as it is and the world is enough as it is. Contentment is about making a change in your inner world and bringing that change out in the world.

3 ideas on contentment:

1. Contentment depends on your capacity to surrender resistance for acceptance. What you resist persists. For as long as you resist, resistance, you will not experience contentment. Accept reality as it unfolds in front of you. Let go of your refusal to accept reality when it is different from your expectations, without resistance. The world is not always as you want it to be. You don’t always get what you want. Accept it and move on from it.

2. Contentment depends on your capacity to cultivate an attitude of gratitude. When you are ungrateful you will be unsatisfied. When you are unsatisfied you will not experience contentment.

3. Contentment is the bridge to being in the authentic service of others. When you accept who you are and what you have to offer, you are at peace with yourself. And when you are at peace with yourself, you show up to serve others with your gifts from a place of love and generosity.

Plus 3 questions:

1. How do challenges impact your experience of contentment?

2. Is your focus on tomorrow’s achievements distracting you from fully experiencing satisfaction today?

3. Do you refuse to share yourself or your gifts even when you know you make a meaningful difference in the world?

3 insights on contentment:

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