Contentment is an inside job...

A lot of chaos and death the past couple weeks.  It's been hard to accept much of it.  But what choice do I really have?  It is what it is.  I need to accept this truth before I can feel okay...feel content.  

Real contentment is born out of love and care for self.  In other words, finding it is an inside job.  No thing and no one can give it to you and no thing and no one can take it away.  It's my job to change and meet the needs of my relationships and obligations. It's unrealistic, selfish and self-centered to expect the world to change so that I don't have to. Besides, it never works.  

All of us want contentment but some aren't willing to work for it. Some haven't accepted that contentment can't come from outside themselves...that it's an inside job.  These folks want the irresponsible life of the child while still being granted the rewards earned by hard working responsible adults.  And what happens?...they don't get what they want.  So they live bitter and disappointed, blaming their misery on others rather than looking at themselves.   

Acceptance that the rewards of life come from "giving" versus "getting" is sometimes a hard pill to swallow.  But it's a must if you want to find peace and contentment.  No one can shove an emotions down your throat. We can either accept and deal with our feelings or they will deal with us. We can either seek and find peace or we can choose not to seek and be miserable.  Contentment must come from within.  There is no other way.  

Be good to your self.  Seek and nourish the "you" that makes you special.  For we can only accept and give to others to the degree that we can accept and give to ourselves. 

Peace,

Evan