Have you ever wondered what is it to remain content? How to live a life with contentment with all the things we want in life? How to remain content with your life?
Being content with your life is not as easy as it spells. But surely is the healthiest lifestyle to follow.
Contentment is finding joy in what we already have in our lives, feeling or showing satisfaction with our possessions, status, or situation. It’s being happy without trying to find fulfilment in acquiring more material possessions.
The world is crammed with extravagance, it is merely impossible to live unconcerned of earthly possessions. But this greed of human beings leaves them with restlessness, and they live a bothersome life without peace, happiness, and content.
Here-Few steps to remain content with your life.
★ Take a moment to be grateful.
All the things you have in your life, an able body, a home to rest, food on your plate, cloth to wear, these are the requisites you need. A banal yet most significant part of your life you should be grateful for. Anything above this is a luxury you should thank for.
★ Find joy in the smallest things.
From the sunrise to the evening chai you drink. That little white bloom in your garden and a call from a friend, these are the little but big things which we live for.
Seek happiness in the most mundane things.
★ Do not compare yourself with others.
Life does not come in identical boxes. It differs from person to person. From the socio-cultural components to the economical aspect, life is different. One person comparing their life with others is technically discrediting his own life. Learn to accept the difference unequivocally.
Strive for your goals, with an open mind not out of jealousy.
★ Be compassionate to others as well as yourself.
Be the kind of person that you seek when you are in misery. Always greet people with a smile. Everyone is walking a journey that you are unaware of. Give them hope and compassion.
It is easy to be compassionate with others but not with oneself sometimes https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/intimacy-path-toward-spirituality/201510/what-it-really-means-love-yourself. Always love yourself the way you love others. Forgive yourself for the chances you did not take and the mistakes you made. Kind to yourself.
Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you – Lao Tzu