So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the difference. To do the best we can and then to choose to be happy about our circumstances, whatever they may be, can bring peace and contentment.
Thomas S. MonsonTag: happiness peace contentment attitude
In our need to be somebody, we often forget that we are somebody.
Eric Micha'el LeventhalTag: inspirational acceptance inspiration contentment ambition self-awareness awareness self-realization wholeness self-love
The Yogic path is about disentangling the built-in glitches of the human condition, which I'm going to over-simply define here as the heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment. Different schools of thought over the centuries have found different explanation for man's apparently inherently flawed state. Taoists call it imbalance, Buddism calls it ignorance, Islam blames our misery on rebellion against God, and the Judeo-Christian tradition attributes all our suffering to original sin. Freudians say that unhappiness is the inevitable result of the clash between our natural drives and civilization's needs. (As my friend Deborah the psychologist explains it: "Desire is the design flaw.") The Yogis, however, say that human discontentment is a simple case of mistaken identity. We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and mortality. We wrongly believe that our limited little egos constitute our whole entire nature. We have failed to recognize our deeper divine character. We don't realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme Self who is eternally at peace. That supreme Self is our true identity, universal and divine. Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the Greek stoic philosopher Epictetus: "You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not.
Elizabeth GilbertTag: philosophy contentment elizabeth-gilbert eat-pray-love epictetus yogic-path
Although we may wish for more or strive to do better than we have, in these times it is enough to keep your soul.
Eric Micha'el LeventhalTag: inspirational reality empowerment acceptance world peace contentment integrity spiritual soul ambition suffering struggle meditation awareness desire gratitude modern-life awakening self-love
It's not what you have on the outside that glitters in light, it's what you have on the inside that shines in the dark.
Anthony LiccioneTag: money happiness glitter contentment spiritual flesh jewelry materialism shine modest bling appearence darkness-and-light flashy poor-and-humble rich-and-pride silver-and-gold
In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record.
Barbara W. TuchmanTag: contentment historical-record
God may not give that instant dollar bill your seeking, but it's in the little change He brings, that will add to a dollar.
Anthony LiccioneTag: money contentment god security novelty changes shift advance conversion adjustment correct build transform bring refinement provide dollar develope instant-riches
He doesn't yearn for a better, different life than the one he has - because he knows he's got a home in this one.
Anthony BourdainTag: contentment
She had the experience to suffer with discretion.
John Le CarréTag: contentment dignity composure
People are complaining of having rags and not riches, but I find it a blessing just to have rags, to wipe away the dirt and dust that may come in the course of life.
Anthony LiccioneTag: people peace contentment gratitude dirt blessing dust blind discontent complainers rags-and-riches wipe-away
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