Contentment

"Contentment is being okay with something (or a lot of things) you're not okay with. It's being satisfied with what you have. It's the ability to open up wide and swallow whole the lot life has given you... Contentment is being able to laugh with a friend when her fiance throws out all of the pew bows who stayed up until 3 a.m. making. It's being close enough to hear those stories, rather than avoiding the details and showing up at the wedding as though it were a pulling-off-a-Band-Aid experience. Contentment is a Friday-night sigh of relief to be home alone. It's being able to enjoy a niece's baby shower, a friend's new house, a brother's successful business. It's a security in who you are that enables you to experience the compounded joy of friends' triumphs. It's the ability to look peacefully at the future. Contentment is beauty. People who are content radiate peace, a warm acceptance of life, and love and concern for others... Each day, I have to choose contentment. And for the big things in life, I'm going to have to choose it again and again and again."

Portions from The Single Truth Chapter 6 by Lori Smith

This is what I've been working on. Some days I feel that I'm doing well at this... Other days I feel like I'm not there at all. But these words match what I'm going through. It was awesome to read this tonight.