The word contentment has been following me lately...it seems to arise at the most appropriate, inappropriate and needy times. We even talked to our clients about it last week, and the very words that I uttered to them seemed to backfire on me days later. It's one of those things I can logically understand, but the second emotions get involved and my mind wonders....contentment seems to disappear. I have been blessed with the desire to work, to always do more, to be better and to always want more. But even as I typed those words I really realized how much of a burden that can all be to me, my family and my friends as well. I think most of those attributes come with being type A, and while it's gotten me where I am today I am fully aware the down side of all this, which is why contentment is so hard for me to accomplish on a daily basis. Like all of us ,one moment I am content and counting my blessings and the next I'm at war with myself. But why do we go through this vicious cycle? Why do torture ourselves with such a struggle? Why is contentment so hard to master....can we ever be truly content all the time????? What is contentment? Contentment is all about appreciating and loving where you are in your life, it's about being satisfied; perhaps more importantly its about being thankful for who and what you are. Contentment is striving to be a better person while loving yourself in this moment. I challenge you (and me) to be content this week...to be thankful, at peace and in love with your life! I am so thankful for every single part of me and my life, I am thankful for the hard times in my life, I am thankful for the good and the bad I've been through and I am thankful for the blessings which are being cultivated in my life in this very moment. I am content with my life.
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