Isn't it what we are all seeking? To be comfortable, happy, in a place where everything feels right.
When we think of being content we often associate it with happiness. To be content is to be happy.
But what does it really mean to be happy? It's a question that has been worked over and over in many different ways- with many different answers.
Why? Because happiness isn't one state, it is a spectrum of emotions ranging from simply being satisfied to being filled with intense joy.
I think when we pursue happiness, we are pursuing that intense joy at the end of the spectrum, not just that mediocre happiness of the "day to day."
We want the intensity of joy in the every day, but most of the time we are left in the inbetween.
The problem comes in when we seek our contentment in things and accomplishments and not in our souls.
Stuff never leads to that intense joy, it always lets us down...and so do our acclaims and pursuits of self- the happiness is temporary, it fades and leaves us hungry for more- for a joy that runs deep in our souls and doesn't die with the fleeting moment.
Our contentment, out deepest joy lies outside of us, it is not from us, but it is freely given for us- not of our own hands or anything we deserve or coud possibly earn.
A gift of joy so intense that we no longer need to keep pursuing it on our own strength, but we can simply rest in knowing that because we have this joy, nothing can separate or take us from it.
Our joy is complete and contentment will find us no matter our present circumstances- we ask, we receive and joy meets us there.
I would love to share more with anyone interested in the source of my joy.
Have a blessed Thuraday, friends!
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