A lot of people misunderstand this concept of “contentment”; most people think it's a state of life where you fold your arms and remain stuck in your situation.
If a hundred million is in your account, just appreciate the hundred million; don't strive for more. If you own a house, just be grateful that you already have a house; don't pursue other things anymore.
A big trap of all time: you can remain in your current state in the name of being satisfied and die that way, while others who understand the mystery would reach your state, climb higher, and leave you there.
Contentment is not graduation or rest from pursuing more; it's simply telling yourself, “you have tried, I am seeing the progress, but there is more to pursue. Meanwhile, there is no need for unhealthy competition and comparison, take your time.” If you understand this, you will go far in life.
The moment you accept that you have had it all, you have already lost the battle of life because life is inexhaustible, dreams have no limits, and the more you chase it, the more you discover other dimensions.
Nothing is wrong with being contented, but everything is wrong with not understanding what it actually means because that wrong ideology can keep one from reaching heights in life.
If everyone is satisfied with what they have, and there is nothing like greed, competition, conflicts, and so on, the world would become a beautiful place.
For a fact, everyone would be happy; you just wake up, do your thing, and go back to bed, and that's fantastic, but we would be backward.
Growth would gradually be eliminated in our society; everything would suddenly become ordinary.
People would no longer see the need to push themselves to explore their limits. Everyone would be okay with where they are.
And this would mean that the best of everything we will ever have is what we already have.
The speed we are experiencing in technology and science would drastically slow down, and who knows with time, it might even come to a stop.
As much as no one advises competition, greed, war, and so on, we can not deny the fact that they are responsible for some of the evolution we are enjoying in society today.
Hardship, lack of satisfaction, greed and trouble push people to step up. If nothing is available to stir us, trust me, we would all become comfortable.
Even the most serious person in the world would eventually lose the fire to chase their dreams because nothing is there to challenge them.
Imagine you go to your village and everyone is average; no one is doing something extraordinary. You, who came there, if you happen to be the best, you would feel like you have had it all already, and that alone is a disadvantage: you won't feel the need to do anything further.
I mean, you are already the biggest; what more do you need? And since everyone is satisfied with their condition, no one would pick a challenge to become like you or even more.
That's exactly what contentment can do to people if they do not properly understand it.
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