More on Contentment/Discontentment
Doing a little more reflection on the whole idea of discontentment and how difficult it is for us. I think the problem is that we have little idea of where contentment arises.
I think we somehow think that peace and contentment is something that we can create or something that we can gather from outside sources.
Maybe that outside source is our stuff, our possessions, our status, or our associations. If we only had this, or had that, or had enough of whatever we would finally have peace. Trouble is, there is never enough of whatever. The more we have the more we think we need. We become less content and more fearful.
True contentment comes from our inner being, a spirit founded not on greed and gluttony and more things, but one based on the Spirit of Love and generous grace. When we are at peace inside our own skin and soul then we can find peace no matter what the circumstances are.
