Contentment

My wish as always is for you to have a Happy Monday.

One of the great achievements in life is contentment. Contentment however is hard to define because it does not have the same meaning for everyone. Overall contentment is reaching a state of mind that demands no change in external conditions. Contentment is being happy with the present conditions or state.

When a person reaches a state of happiness in life's circumstances then the desire for change will disappear. The basic problem with this is that there are too many persons who never maximize their potential because they became contented with too little. It is true that greediness is taking more than you really need especially if it mean that some will go without. It is just as bad, however, to settle for too little when there is an abundance of supply. There are too many people in life who are content with just enough to get by in life. There are those persons also who settle for little because their little is more than most the of other people. Striving to achieve more in life is not greediness but rather it is being progressive and ambitious.

There are some elements in life whose craving is never satisfied and yet these elements are never described as being greedy. Setting big and seeming impossible goals are good because contentment is not achieved in such cases until the goals are achieved. Once these goals are achieved then it is time to set even bigger goals. It is ridiculous to sit comfortably in a spot when there are possibilities of more comfortable spots if the effort is made to climb higher.

The higher up that you climb it is the more that you will see. The bottom is crowded because climbing take effort and too many persons are content to settle for what is easy. These persons will never be short of company.

Remember that in life everyone wants for you to conform and be like everyone else when the truly great are the ones who are different. Your destiny is not to be like everyone else but to stand out from everyone else but it takes a certain breed to be outstanding.

This week aspire not to be contented until you have reached the full potential of who you can be.