Quotes About Contentment

My days were full, yet I remained, much of the time, unsatisfied. What happened to me? - Mitch

Do the kinds of things that come from the heart. When you do, you won't be dissatisfied, you won't be envious, you won't be longing for somebody else's things. On the contrary, you'll be overwhelmed with what comes back.

That's what we're all looking for. A certain peace with the idea of dying. If we know, in the end, that we can ultimately have that peace with dying, then we can finally do the really hard thing." Which is? "Make peace with living.

Mitch, I know it hurts when you can't be with someone you love. But you need to be at peace with his desires.

He loved to smile. He avoided anger. He was never haunted by Why am I here? He knew why he was here, he said: to give to others, to celebrate God, and to enjoy and honour the world he was put in. His morning prayers began with Thank you, Lord, for returning my soul to me. When you start that way, the rest of the day is a bonus.

So, have we solved the secret of happiness? I believe so, he said. Are you going to tell me? Yes. Ready? Ready. Be satisfied. That's it? Be grateful. That's it? For what you have. For the love you receive. And for what God has given you. That's it? He looked me in the eye. Then he sighed deeply. That's it.

That kind of love—the kind you realize you already have by the life you've created together—that's the kind that lasts.

There's a big confusion in this country over what we want versus what we need," Morrie said. "You need food, you want a chocolate sundae. You have to be honest with yourself. You don't need the latest sports car, you don't need the biggest house. "The truth is, you don't get satisfaction from those things. You know what really gives you satisfaction?" What? "Offering others what you have to give." You

So we don't get into the habit of standing back and looking at our lives and saying, Is this all? Is this all I want? Is something missing?

la pérdida le había enseñado algo muy importante: aferrarse a lo material 'solo sirve para ser un desgraciado'.

And many of these patients were well-off, from rich families, so their wealth did not buy them happiness or contentment. It was a lesson he never forgot.

we're deficient in some way. We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us.

Kai laiko turi be galo, niekas neb?ra ypatinga. Be netek?i? ar aukos mes nesugebame ?vertinti to, k? turime.

They fill every waking minute with action, but they are empty.

Embrace aging. If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it will happen anyhow.

When a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right? Like this?" He made a fist. "Why? Because a baby, not knowing any better, wants to grab everything, to say, 'The whole world is mine.' "But when an old person dies, how does he do so? With his hands open. Why? Because he has learned the lesson." What lesson? I asked. He stretched open his empty fingers. "We can take nothing with us."   For

Accept who you are and revel in that. You have to find what's good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now.

These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. They were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works. You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for sense of comradeship. When you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for. You don't get satisfaction from those things.

Having more does not keep you from wanting more. And if you always want more—to be richer, more beautiful, more well known—you are missing the bigger picture, and I can tell you from experience, happiness will never come.

You have peace when you make it with yourself.

So, have we solved the secret of happiness? "I believe so," he said. Are you going to tell me? "Yes. Ready?" Ready. "Be satisfied." That's it? "Be grateful." That's it? "For what you have. For the love you receive. And for what God has given you." That's it? He looked me in the eye. Then he sighed deeply. "That's

Be satisfied." That's it? "Be grateful." That's it? "For what you have. For the love you receive. And for what God has given you.

Accept what you are to do and what you are not able to do

My friedns, if we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with the aching throb of unfulfilled business. Our words will always be sincere, our embraces will be tight. We will never wallow in the agony of 'I could have, I should have.' We can sleep in a storm. And when it's time, our good-byes will be complete.