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27-03-2018 07:32 PM
27-03-2018 11:43 PM
27-03-2018 11:43 PM
@Shaz51 ... gees, this question has got me thinking! What makes me content? Over the past few years my priorities have definitely changed in relation to what is important in my life and what brings me joy. For me, I feel contentment when I feel healthy - both physically and mentally. I have had Rheumatoid Arthritis for about 25 years now and there were times when I would flare really bad and it was hard to walk. So yep, definitely good health. I also feel content when I feel that I am mentally coping with what life is throwing at me! Also, being with people that I love - my mum and my two very close friends - they definitely proved to me that their friendship is worth their weight in gold. I was very lucky to have them in my life last year as I really struggled. Thanks for getting me thinking!! 🙂 x
28-03-2018 09:21 PM
28-03-2018 09:21 PM
Well said @Former-Member
I don't know about contentment but I definitely feel something powerful satisfaction that I have survived my own life when I have come home from a wrenching session with my therapist
Dec
29-03-2018 07:19 AM
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29-03-2018 08:41 AM
29-03-2018 08:41 AM
right on @Former-Member
Yes @Owlunar, @Bella1978, @outlander, @Former-Member, @EternalFlame, @Fee1, @Susana, , @Boo13
it is a big question and to find contentment in any situation we are in now , not to wait until everything is good
sending you all hugs for today xoxo
29-03-2018 10:57 AM
29-03-2018 10:57 AM
Hi @Shaz51@Former-Member
I am thinking a lot about the word "contentment" - I don't think I could ever be satisfied with any situation that I know could be made better
Since childhood I have been proactive - and let's make it simple for me cause it's not Friday but tomorrow is a public holiday but today could be busy or not depending on something that is not made for contentment
If I had been on the Titanic and found myself in danger I would have been battling to find a life-boat and certainly had I been in the icy water I would have been getting toward a life boat for my life's worth
St Paul was shipwrecked a couple of times - I am wondering - seriously - if he was content when he was in the sea - which makes me think that contentment is a very serious word - and I feel a deep need to survive
Of course the time will come when I will not - and I guess I will be content then because I know I have made the best of my life
Great discussison though - but very personal
Dec
29-03-2018 05:09 PM
29-03-2018 06:02 PM
29-03-2018 06:02 PM
Hey @Shaz51, I've been away for a few days with medical issues, but am back again now.
Funnily enough lying flat on my back in bed with these medical problems, I have felt a feeling of contentment. It was just about being in the moment and accepting things as they are. Not worrying about the past or the future... just being. It was a strange feeling really. I think in the past I have been full of dashed expectations. My old psychologist once said to me "blessed are those without expectation, for they are never disappointed". How right he was!
29-03-2018 09:42 PM
29-03-2018 09:42 PM
29-03-2018 09:47 PM
29-03-2018 09:47 PM
He is a very wise man @Shaz51. I often wonder where he is now. Old psychologist happened to be my lecturer at uni when I did my nursing degree. We didn't recognise each other for years until it dawned on me where I knew him from lol!
I'm doing loads better, in fact despite the pain, I feel great!
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