Comments on: Contentment Means That Life Is Not On Hold

By: HenderBalz

HenderBalz — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:33:58 +0000

WAIT…ONE MORE THING! I do love the phrase and agree with it completely “Contentment Means That Life Is Not On Hold.” One of my favorite quotes is along the same lines ”
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans” (John Lennon).
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By: HenderBalz

HenderBalz — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:30:55 +0000

Hmmm…I am content and it seems the people around are not content with me being content! So I am going in search of what is happiness and contentment.

I am not sure I believe your 5 tenets of contentment! To me contentment is being okay with who one is…not living by someone else’s definition of who they should be! If complaining is in one’s nature…then so be it. Complaining all the time is a bit much…but really…one is not content if they even complain about the weather?

It seems having to live by someone else’s rules of contentment may make a person more like a robot rather than being content with who they really are.

I’m just saying…to me happiness and contentment should come from within. Deep breathe…no one is perfect…to “Err is Human, to forgive, devine” and all that crap! ;o)

By: Linda Z

Linda Z — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:09:58 +0000

Nicole, I love that phrase... "contentment means that life is not on hold." Very true and well put. I call it not delaying joy. We can choose to be joyful in the Lord each day. Sometimes it is such a hard choice. Sometimes he takes us through a season of grief, but the joy returns in the morning. Thank you for your encouraging words. Rachel, I know I don't know you, but my heart just hurt for you. I just wanted to encourage you ask what your boyfriend's intentions are. Linda Zs last blog post..The Wedding

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:38:52 +0000

Thank you so much for these words! I need to hear them right now. It is so true. I think I break those 5 rules on an hourly basis! I am going to try to apply this to my life right now. I am feeling very much "on hold". Kristens last blog post..The Boys Are Back*

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:34:53 +0000

I guess that now is as good a time as any to mention that one of your posts on contentment (quite a while ago) has made a HUGE difference in how I perceive things. I became embarrassed and uncomfortable with how ungrateful I was when my life was actually really great in SO MANY ways. Since reading that post so long ago, a handful of things have happened that I have dealt with much more constructively than I would have otherwise! Me in a nutshell right now: my boyfriend bought a fixer-upper that we’re working on together, he lost his job (and six months later still can’t find a new one), we’ve been together for over 4 years and I still haven’t been proposed to, and I’m working in a job that becomes increasingly farther away from what I wanted it to be! But you know what? I feel happier and more blessed than I have ever felt before. Thank you for this post (which after a long and difficult week has reminded me that I have control over my happiness and contentment!).