Contentment - The Way of Living

Whether it's about relations or the situations we all deal with everyday, staying calm and satisfied with what we have, can always help you feel better, heal faster and live a better life. But, before we talk about how contentment can change your life in drastic ways, let's see what contentment actually means.

What is Contentment

If we simply google the meaning of "Contentment" it's defined as "a state of happiness and satisfaction", but what that really means ?

Does it mean that we should stop setting new and higher goals to achieve in life ?

Does it mean that we should sacrifice our wishes and just live with what we have ?

Should we not work harder everyday to get better ? Should we just stay the way we are, not working on our flaws and stating it as Contentment ?

No, No and NO, that's not what contentment is. Contentment is all about being satisfied and happy with what we have and then working on being better in any or every field while having that satisfaction and happiness in your heart.

It's like you achieved the maximum that you wanted and now you are working so that you can help others in achieving their maximum. If you feel like you already have everything, you'll be satisfied and happy and now when you'll work on anything with that happiness in your heart, you'll be less stressed and more dedicated. Because when we are happy and calm our work efficiency improve tremendously. Now that we know what contentment is, theoretically, let's see how it can change our day to day life.

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Prosperity using Contentment :-

We all are constantly running in a race with no finish line. We want as much as we can, which is okay but being stressed about it, destroying our mental peace, even when we have all the basic luxuries a person need, is kinda stupid.

In today's life we have more resources than ever and we are even more dissatisfied with our life than ever before. Ever thought why? May be cause we compare our life a lot with others now. May be cause instead of buying things we need, we buy things that we think will make us look cool, high class and to maintain a standard, a status in the society.

Suppose, you earned a lot of money so much so that you can even buy a whole country and you did. You bought a whole country. What's next ? Now, you'll need even more money to maintain that whole country. You'll always need more, there is no end of it.

So, instead of stressing out while working, what would be better is, if you stay calm, happy and satisfied and with that smile on your face and satisfaction of having so much, you work. You'll do much better and moreover you'll feel better about everything and everyone around you. Doesn't that sound like the real prosperity ? The stress free, calm, peaceful and satisfied life.

Contentment In Relations :-

In every relation, we have some desires, some wishes, some expectations from the other person but when the other person doesn't fulfill them, for whatever reason, we feel bad. We feel like it's not working. The relation starts to feel more like a burden and restriction than what it used to be.

                       But that's not even the worst thing, the worst thing is when we start to feel dissatisfied with ourselves. This dissatisfaction from oneself lead people to anxiety and depression as they begin to question their self worth. And it is worst because you can't even take a break from yourself as you can do in a relation with someone else.

                        So, in order to live happily, it's always better to learn to be satisfied with what you have and what other is offering you in a relation. This dissatisfaction, too many desires, wishes and expectations are playing a really big role in creating so many unstable relationships.

The same is true in case of a relation of yours with yourself. Give yourself a small task, complete it, celebrate it, then pick another task and celebrate it as you achieve it and keep repeating.

                         Being satisfied in what other has to offer is always the best way to have a happy relation but don't get me wrong. I'm in no way saying that if you're in an abusive relationship, you should stay there, accept it and live with it. No, leave it. All I'm saying is, love is about sacrifice. So, if you really love someone, you can give up some desires or wishes that the other cannot fulfill for whatever reason. You can always have a discussion about it, right?

                         And sacrifice doesn't mean that you taunt about it by saying thing like "see, I didn't bought that expensive watch just because you said no." Making the other person realize what you sacrificed for them while doing it, is even worse. Sacrifice for your love not because he/she said so.

That's how I believe you can have the best of everything that you want. Just be satisfied with what you have and continue to work on being better in whatever field you want with that satisfaction and gratefulness of the things you already have. That will definitely make your life Contentful.

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