Contentment
We, who are all running after contentment, do we even know what contentment actually means? Does it mean being content, satisfied, and happy, with what we have, where we are, who we are with today?
Then I'd say that we are running after a butterfly, a transient, fleeting feeling, something that we would never achieve for a longer period. As where we are happy today, with whom, and with what we have, that keeps changing. We want something today, and really want it, and we think, that is what would make us content, and yes, it does feel like we are content, after we get what we want, for a little while. But then the same thing which made us content, is not enough. It doesn't satisfy us anymore. WE want something else, something more.
So, what if being content meant, just being content, like our nature to be satisfied with whatever we have, a value that keeps us happy always with ourselves, that would be the intrinsic, an internal contentment. Just like Milton's Happiness which is a state of mind, contentment is a state of mind too.
i needed to read this today Bua, indeed we keep wanting more and more but forget when to mark fullstop.
ReplyDeleteThans for reading. Yes, needs are limited but wants are never ending. Only if we could know the difference...
ReplyDeleteWe have talked of this before and I really love this piece. But this one is so complex for me....
ReplyDeleteIf I am seeking contentment does that make me discontent?
And what of discontentment? Without it we wouldn’t seek to change the wrongs of the world.
Yes, it is a complex one. I am just exploring the difference between wants, which are never ending, and needs that can be limited. Contentment, as I would like to understand it, is a state of mind, just like happiness. What makes us happy? can we we be happy by chasing it? Id say, we are all seeking contentment, but not because we are discontent. Dissatisfaction is different, as you can do something about it, yes, lets right all the wrongs of the world.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy what you have. Forget what you don't.
ReplyDeleteमैं जिंदगी का साथ निभाता चला गया,
हर फ़िक़्र को धुयें में उड़ाता चला गया।