sometimes i confuse happiness with contentment
there are times when i truly am happy but those times
are the direct result of something specific happening
for instance,
being with friends and family
eating a bowl of peanut butter and chocolate ice cream
watching my favorite tv shows or sporting event
receiving good news
getting a new job
having a day off from the new job
blah, blah and so on
contentment is not happiness
it is peace
peace is a state of mind
a state of mind which is void of
stress, turmoil, pain, depression, a "to do" list
when someone asks me if im happy
i tell them, "yes", at times
but it depends on how i choose to perceive
things, people, opportunities, events, etc.
it is not my aim to be "happy"
it is my aim to be at peace
happiness does not take work, just a decision
peace, on the other hand, does
it takes seeing the world deeper than topical
understanding that one controls absolutely nothing
and that acceptance of any given situation is possible
and when that happens...that acceptance happens
i am content
and contentment makes me happy
About me
- A lil info:
- I am many things to many different people. I have few titles and fewer awards but I am complete in all that I have accomplished. My most precious of all gifts does not belong to me yet I love as if. You may know me, but you'll never really know me because I cannot be anything more than what you want to see even though I am everything I need to be.
