Quotes about Contentment

WHEN SOME BASIC NEED IS LACKING—time, energy, money—consider yourself blessed.

It is impossible for you to have a need that I cannot meet.

people. So in your quest to live abundantly, don't compare your circumstances with those of others. You don't need as much money or as many luxuries as your neighbor in order to live

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

A life lived close to Me is not complicated or cluttered. When your focus is on My Presence, many things that once troubled you lose their power over you.

Don't fall for the lie that you can't enjoy life until the problem has been resolved. In the world you have trouble, but in Me you may have Peace—even in the midst of the mess! Your

NO MATTER WHAT your circumstances may be, you can find Joy in My Presence. On some days, Joy is generously strewn along your life-path, glistening in the sunlight. On days like that, being content is as simple as breathing the next breath or taking the next step. Other days are overcast and gloomy; you feel the strain of the journey, which seems endless. Dull gray rocks greet your gaze and cause your feet to ache. Yet Joy is still attainable. Search for it as for hidden treasure.

IN ORDER TO DO SOMETHING WELL, you need to feel at peace about the many other things you could be doing but are not.

We...sin not because we want what is evil, but because we want what isn't good enough.

At the root of all misery is unfulfilled desire.

If pursuing material things becomes your only goal, you will fail in so many ways. Besides, in time all material things go away.

'Well,' said Red Jacket [to someone complaining that he had not enough time], 'I suppose you have all there is.'