There is a big difference between
satisfaction and contentment.
Being satisfied is when you
get/achieve what you want!
Being content is being happy
even if you don't get/achieve
what you want!
Satisfaction is dependent on accumulation of what we want.
This desire requires a state of frenzied pursuit.
This pursuit is based on scarcity and discontent,
the belief that we never have enough,
that we are needy, in dire straights, and always need more.
Contentment is based on peace, an unconditional state of being.
Contentment is permanent and perpetual since it is not based on circumstance.
When peace is at the center of being, it is lasting, everlasting.
Being at the center, it can be returned to perpetually.
This peace is always here and available,
Always here and now,
A perpetual fountain of life tapped into our infinite Source
I have often wondered why it is so popular or even imperative that people go on vacations. Why not create a place to live where we feel at home, where we belong, so that there is no need for more and more and more? The only way to do that is to live more simply and learn to be content, knowing that we are exactly where we are meant to be.
