Contentment and Gratitude

There are many hopes and dreams of worldly matters. We want something new - superficial embellishments for our lives. Reality questions our capability to gain these worldly possessions and dreamlike aspirations leave us feeling shorthanded when reality doesn't deliver. Much of our physical desires can be quelled from work and a rare windfall, but it is not wise to confide in such things. While possessions may bring temporary joy, material being will wither in time and we fall short of the fulfillment we long for. We all wish for such things; the inability to abide in such luxury drives us on an endless endeavour. It's like trying to find land in the midst of an ever-spanning ocean. We grow weary. We grow restless.

The choice to set our minds on long term well being is a choice that must be made. Though some superficial presence does exist - it is not the source of what makes us happy; a mere misdirected delusion. Things such as family, strong bonds with others and a hope will never fade. Though the answer is so obvious yet we seldom think of it or choose the right answer. We select inanimate things to quench our thirst for a symbol of success, which we think will make us happy. It hurts to forgo such decadent covets, but that cure for this affluenza will make us see that we're extraordinary people in an ordinary world. It is not the elements created from the rusty callous of man but the persisting faith of man that will sustain this world. We harbour the most important fuel to taking us through a tiresome journey. Love. Love, a sustenance strong enough to pull us through the lack of worldly matters; with it we will never ever subsist alone; with it worldly matters just don't matter at all.

There are things in our lives that prove that we are blessed beyond measure. Aside from the already overwhelming love of God there is also the blessings that we have upon this world. For most of us we never stay hungry, we never have to endure the cold for too long and we share the warmth of our families. Sure in some people a few of those things may be omitted, but ultimately happiness is a choice we make. We seek not to be happy for one moment and then suffer for plenty more. Contentment allows you to not be restricted by any loneliness anymore and to not lose out to worldly circumstance. Yes though life may not always be glamourous and that accentuates those moments of serendipity but we can be happy without luck too.

For those less fortunate economically, for those who feel the instability in daily provisions, stay strong. Love may not feed the hungry, but it is a better fate to die in love than to live a prolonged life on loneliness. For those who are lucky to have both, treasure what you have for there is always a person who does not have what you do. Look to helping others that envying that of not your own. We can always see what we don't have, but turn a blind eye to what we have. Ironically everything we own is always sitting in our very sight; a far better scenery of realistic bliss than envisioned self indulgence.