Embracing Contentment: A Journey to Finding Fulfilment and Happiness

Finding Harmony in the Echoes of Desire and the Song of Gratitude

Sit and imagine.

Imagine you lost your job right now

Imagine you lost all the Money you’ve saved

Imagine your favourite person died

Imagine You Lost your eyesight.

Imagine this moment was your last.

Any thoughtful person would once in a while contemplate the bad things that can happen to him. The first and obvious reason for these thoughts would be to avoid those bad things from actually happening, but the truth is that no matter how Much we try to prevent bad things from happening to us, they happen anyway. Another reason for these thoughts would be that, if we think about these things, we will lessen their impact on us when, despite our efforts to prevent them, they still end up happening.

There’s a saying that, Misfortune weighs most heavily, on those who expect nothing but good fortune.

A third reason why we contemplate the bad things is that, Humans are unhappy, in Large parts because we are insatiable.

We realize that after working hard to get what we want, we often lose interest in the object of our desire.

Humans are never satisfied, and we take the good things we have achieved for granted. The truth is that, it happens to the best of us. You get that job and all of a sudden you lose interest. You purchase a new car and after a few months, you begin to feel it isn’t enough. You get married to that amazing partner and in a year or less you begin to fall out of love.

To be fair, it’s this insatiable nature of ours that pushes us to be more, to strive for better and better. But at what cost? You should strive for the best, and at the same time learn contentment along the way. When you achieve your goals, the only way to be truly happy Is when you are content.

Contentment is a grace learned over time. The meaning of the term “Learned” is that it is not always a sudden accomplishment. It is a process and journey, it does not also come easily, but if you are consistent and willing, you will see growth and progress in your journey to Contentment.

You should always remember that contentment does not mean you are indifferent to your circumstances. Contentment does not mean that you give up on trying to make things better. It is not throwing up your hands and saying, “whatever will be, will be”. That is not contentment. Contentment is a journey from anger to peace, from frustration to satisfaction, and from anxiety to trust.

A key to happiness then would be to take steps to prevent ourselves from taking, for granted, the things we worked for once we get them. We also need to find a way to reverse it, in other words, we need a technique for creating in ourselves a desire for the things we already have. I’d further discuss this In upcoming posts.

Something that is key for us to remember is that, All we have is “on loan” from Fortune which can reclaim it without our permission, indeed it can reclaim it without even advance notice.