noun: contentment
- a state of happiness and satisfaction.
“Contentment is being satisfied with what is without wanting more and being satisfied with what is not without complaining about it.”
What is the meaning of contentment in this life? Where does one find contentment, happiness, and satisfaction? Is it possible to let go completely? To let go of all grasping, digging, searching, and seeking? Can one find true contentment?
Yes!
But wait.. don’t I have to keep worrying about later today, tomorrow, and next year? Won’t it all fall apart if I stop trying to control what happens next? What if something awful happens? How will I prepare?
I can see that, from a distance, letting go is all there is. How could I ever hang on to anything? Reality, which is simply “this moment”, is constantly slipping, sliding, changing, moving, and evolving.
Yet the closer I get to that zero point of letting go of all control, the harder it becomes to stay on target. Things get blurry and chaotic.
I’m tethered to the belief that it’ll all fall apart if control is let go of. It’s like bungee jumping. I’m tethered to the bridge and always bounce back.
What is there to hang on to?
What is there to guard against?
When will I take that leap of faith without the bungee and free fall into oblivion?
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