INSPIRATIONAL: CONTENTMENT, ARE YOU CONTENTED?

Here is a story told by someone and this is to paint a picture of yourself to you; judge yourself…..

A crow lived in the forest and was absolutely satisfied in life. But one day he saw a swan. "This swan is so white," he thought, "and I am so black.

This swan must be the happiest bird in the world."

He expressed his thoughts to the swan. "Actually," the swan replied, "I was feeling that I was the happiest bird around until I saw a parrot, which has two colors. I now think the parrot is the happiest bird in creation."

The crow then approached the parrot. The parrot explained, "I lived a very happy life—until I saw a peacock. I have only two colors, but the peacock has multiple colors."

The crow then visited a peacock in the zoo and saw that hundreds of people had gathered to see him.

After the people had left, the crow approached the peacock. "Dear peacock," the crow said, "you are so beautiful. Every day thousands of people come to see you. When people see me, they immediately shoo me away. I think you are the happiest bird on the planet."
The peacock replied, "I always thought that I was the most beautiful and happy bird on the planet. But because of my beauty, I am entrapped in this zoo.

I have examined the zoo very carefully, and I have realized that the crow is the only bird not kept in a cage. So for past few days I have been thinking that if I were a crow, I could happily roam everywhere."

Kindly read below what some people has to say about contentment (some of them may not belong to same faith as yours but I guess they make some sense):

“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
Socrates

“Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.”
Pearl S. Buck

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
Lao Tzu

“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough”
Oprah Winfrey

‘Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.’
Epicurus

Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks.
Charles Dickens

A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Epictetus

For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
Bible, Phillipians 4:11

“Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.”
Socrates

Have you not enslaved yourself my friend as a result of pursuing what you called WANTS? This to many has constitute health hazards. Many even do many jobs just because they must have this and have that and has no time for their Maker!

Oh! How I wish you were wise today and be contented. It is ONLY God’s blessing that can make man rich and with this you won’t even have sorrow!

IT MUST BE VERY WELL WITH YOU!