The secret of contentment is…
April 4th, 2008 by timelady
…knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.
So, now we have done melancholy, let us look at finding contentment. This was a timely article, and just what I wanted to dwell further on today.
For if melancholy is the gentler brother of sorrow and grief, then surely contentment is the valued, wiser brother of that frenetic whirlwind happiness. I have known great, searing happiness, and the anguish of pain, loss, and grief. Both the heights and depths have taught me to value that self effacing, humble gift of contentment.
If happiness chooses to come again, it will be celebrated as the ephemeral event it is. But I will remain a devoted follower of that quieter, peaceful joy, contentment.
