Quotes About Contentment

Sufficiency isn't an amount at all. It is an experience, a context we generate, a declaration, a knowing that there is enough, and that we are enough.

Now I understand the quote from Theodore Roosevelt: "Comparison is the thief of joy.

Don't apologize for what you have. Be grateful for it and share your gratitude with others.

Be grateful for what you have.

With that sense of "enough" comes an embrace of worthiness, boundaries, and engagement.

Am I fearful of losing something I value to another person, or do I want something someone else has? If

Rubin, Happier at Home

The counterapproach to living in scarcity is not about abundance. In fact, I think abundance and scarcity are two sides of the same coin. The opposite of "never enough" isn't abundance or "more than you could ever imagine." The opposite of scarcity is enough, or what I call Wholeheartedness. As I explained in the Introduction, there are many

No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough.

We have to believe we are enough in order to say, "Enough!

comparing ourselves to others leads us to fear, anger, shame, and sadness.

Without exception, every person I interviewed who described living a joyful life or who described themselves as joyful actively practiced gratitude and attributed their joyfulness to their gratitude practice.

Sufficiency isn't two steps up from poverty or one step short of abundance. It isn't a measure of barely enough or more than enough. Sufficiency isn't an amount at all. It is an experience, a context we generate, a declaration, a knowing that there is enough, and that we are enough.

When we compared our dream list to our "joy and meaning" list, we realized that by merely letting go of the list of things we want to accomplish and acquire, we would be actually living our dream—not striving to make it happen in the future, but living it right now. The things we were working toward did nothing in terms of making our life fuller.

Nora is home in herself at last. She has won. And as Janet listens and watches, and knows that her work here is complete, she rejoices. This is what it's all about. This is the goal. This is the reward. They hold each other's eyes. No longer doctor and patient, but just two women, equals.

I'd rather have happiness than money. People ask for it. Sometimes when I don't have it. I make other people's problems my problem because they want me to they ask me to.

Nothing - not prestige, power or pride - is worth sacrificing the things that you truly want, the things that you truly love. "Don't be afraid to take time and smell the roses. Don't hesitate in seeking out those things you hold dear. Seeking them out and holding on to them. And don't ever cease standing up for what you believe in, and fighting for those things that you want. Life is too short. Do what makes you happy, regardless of how others might feel.

Maybe this is the recipe for a happy life -- not thinking about anything too hard, just going where the day takes you, trying to enjoy yourself, instead of analyzing every second.

I still don't look at myself as a star. I've always had a thankful heart.

The amazing thing is that I'm sane. I'm not bitter. I'm not drugged out. I'm not broke. I'm still married to the same guy. My children don't hate me.

Maybe being a big star isn't the only life that will make you happy. Maybe the joy isn't in the end result—in the success. Maybe it's in living, loving—and trying.

Macy enjoyed

if one couldn't be loved, one could at least be warm, comfortable and full, always.

I know it does not matter that I do not understand.