Quotes About Contentment

XXXVII. The dying need but little, dear, —    A glass of water's all, A flower's unobtrusive face    To punctuate the wall, A fan, perhaps, a friend's regret,    And certainly that one No color in the rainbow    Perceives when you are gone.

Perhaps I asked too large — I take — no less than skies — For Earths, grow thick as Berries, in my native town — My Basket holds — just — Firmaments — Those — dangle easy — on my arm, But smaller bundles — Cram.

And so, upon this wise I prayed, — Great Spirit, give to me A heaven not so large as yours, But large enough for me.

Undue significance a starving man attaches to food Far off ; he sighs, and therefore hopeless, And therefore good. Partaken, it relieves indeed, but proves us That spices fly In the receipt. It was the distance Was savory.

Nor was I hungry - so I found That Hunger - was a way Of Persons outside Windows The Entering - takes away.

Sarei forse più sola senza la mia solitudine. Sono abituata al mio destino.

Si la fama me perteneciera, no podría escapar de ella –y si no, no me alcanzaría el día más largo para cazarla –y la aprobación de mi Perro me abandonaría –entonces– Mi Rango de Descalza es mejor–

How happy is the little Stone That rambles in the Road alone, And doesn't care about Careers And Exigencies never fears

To own a Susan of my own Is of itself a Bliss — Whatever realm I forfeit, Lord, Continue me in this!

I meant to have but modest needs, Such as content, and heaven;

And then to dwell in sovereign barns, And dream the days away,— The grass so little has to do, I wish I were the hay!

I should have had the joy Without the fear to justify, —

Who never wanted, ? maddest joy Remains to him unknown ; The banquet of abstemiousness Surpasses that of wine. Within its hope, though yet ungrasped Desire's perfect goal, No nearer, lest reality Should disenthrall thy soul.

Her breast is fit for pearls, But I was not a "Diver" – Her brow is fit for thrones But I have not a crest. Her heart is fit for home – I – a Sparrow- build there Sweet of twigs and twine My perennial nest

That Love is all there is, Is all we know of Love; It is enough, the freight should be Proportioned to the groove.

And without Dex in my life, I like to think I could have somehow found contentment. But the truth is, I feel freer with Dex than I ever did when I was single. I feel more myself with him than without. Maybe true love does that

I do not expect to get what I want, so I don't. And I don't even try.

No, scratch the word career. Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.

it has crossed my mind that the key to happiness should not be found in a man. That an independent, strong woman should feel fulfilled and whole on her own. Those things might be true. And without Dex in my life, I like to think I could have somehow found contentment. But the truth is, I feel freer with Dex than I ever did when I was single. I feel more myself with him than without. Maybe true love does that.

He was uncomplicated and upbeat and easy. At one point, I might have thought these traits made him a simpleton, but now I think they just translate to happiness.

Things are what they are and there's no point dwelling in the past or wondering what could have been.

but i am content to live in the moment, and allow myself the daily pleasure of obsessing. nothing lasts forever, i tell myself. especially the good stuff. although typically you aren't faced with a hard deadline

I feel freer with Dex than I ever did single, I feel more myself with him than without maybe true love does that.

I had never understood what people meant when they said they'd rather be alone if they couldn't be in the right relationship. Now I got it.