How To Be Content Every Single Day
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Here's to taking baby steps as we explore How To Be Content With What You Have
A Little Purring is Good for the Soul
Be Content Right Now
Every once in a while we decide that life kind of sucks and only going shopping, spending a ton of money or doing something really outrageous will give us back that contentment that we lost somewhere along the way. If only we knew just how easy it would be to be content right this minute. It's called your Happiness List and it should be updated every single month.And then on those days when you are feeling blah... you can turn to the list and pick something that brings a little bit of joy back into your life. Here are 10 things that are on my list... actually, it's a lot longer than this, but I didn't want to get carried away lol...
1. take a bubble bath
2. read a novel
3. Go for a walk in the nearby park
4. Bake cookies... yes, I find that relaxing
5. work on a puzzle... it helps if you are trying to learn patience!
6. Doodle on the computer. I have a paint program that works beautifully.
7. crochet
8. play around on FaceBook
9. go and check out what is on my bookshelves. I have been collecting books for years and I am always finding books I didn't know I had.
10. sip a hot chocolate and watch the birds at the feaders.
So, now you get the idea. I hope you will start your own Happiness List so you can refer to it whenever it is needed!
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Keep it Simple
Remember how much you used to enjoy a tall cold glass of milk and a couple of cookies. Just might be time to give it another try. I can almost guarantee that you will have a contented smile on your face moments later.
Do Something Out of the Unusual
I'm a workaholic can't help it, that's just what I like doing. It's a good thing that I like what I'm doing, but yesterday I needed a change and that meant baking. I made Raspberry White Chocolate Muffins from my Lens Muffins Even I can Bake... and they were a hit. I hadn't made them in a while and I added more chocolate. In my family, you can't add enough chocolate to ANYTHING. But I will tweak the recipe next time yet again. BIGGER PIECES OF WHITE CHOCOLATE was the request. A Snow Covered Bridge
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To-Do List for This Morning
It's short and sweet. Take your cup of coffee out onto the porch this morning and simply listen to the world around you. Don't dwell on those things that you don't have, but those things that are free for the taking... like the singing of birds on a Sunday morning.
Now does this say contentment or what??
Today's Bit of Contentment
Sunbeam Full Camelot Dreams Herringbone Moss Green Electric Heated Warming Blanket
Amazon Price: $54.95 (as of 07/06/2009)
... because it did just what I needed it to do!
This Week's Question
Don't Look at the Clock
If I look at the clock during the night, I know exactly how long I still have to sleep and THAT keeps me awake. For the last two nights I have ignored it and I have sleeping a lot more deeply and if I have to get up during the night, I tend to fall straight back to sleep. Now that's contentment.Sony ICF-CD815 AM/FM Stereo CD Clock Radio with Dual Alarm
Books About Contentment
Calm My Anxious Heart: A Women's Guide to Finding Contentment by Linda Dillow
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You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective by Richard Carlson
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Contentment: A Way to True Happiness by Robert A. Johnson, Jerry M. Ruhl
Simple Gifts of Contentment The forces of modern more...0 points
Career Contentment: Don't Settle for Anything Less! by J. Jeffrey Garton
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The Man You Always Wanted Is the One You Already Have by Paula Friedrichsen
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Create A Life That Tickles Your Soul : Finding Peace, Passion, & Purpose (Tickle Your Soul Series) by Suzanne Willis Zoglio
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You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective by Richard Carlson
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May the gods grant you...
Homer... The Odyssey
As long as their is love in the home, how could anyone ask for anything more?
PRANIC AIR--Chi energy, spritual contentment
PRANIC AIR--Chi energy, spritual contentment By BICO
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Sometimes you just need a little reminding. I have this little rune that I carry in my pocket to remind myself of the need for balance in my life. This pendant would remind me to just enjoy!
The Quiet Things
*This morning I couldn't sleep and just maybe it was a good thing. It snowed big time last night and my daughter had a ton of snow to move... so I got dressed and helped her. It was sooo peaceful out there. I can honestly say that I enjoyed every minute of it!*Beauty lies in quiet things. And they are everywhere. But we may fail to find them unless we pause for prayer.
June Masters Backer
*same goes for a few minutes of meditation :)
A Bit of Reminiscing
James Taylor & Carly Simon - Close Your Eyes
James Taylor & Carly Simon performing Close Your Eyes in 1977.
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It's Easy to be Content
I thought that I would start a list. You can pick and choose to see if something works for you.*I went shopping today and didn't buy a thing, well other than a yummy cup of Gingerbread Latte and I people watched. It was so nice to just sit and do nothing... Actually I did see the most gorgeous Louis Vuitton bag at the next table. It belonged to this little old lady who seemed to be enjoying the day just about as much as I was.
*I would have been in seventh heaven as a teen if my Mom had come up to me and said that my TV was too old and that she wanted to buy me a new one. That's exactly what she did last week when she came for a week's visit. Yes, my office TV is old... believe it or not, we bought it in 1981 and it refuses to quit working. It's been fixed once and never looked back. So, why replace it until it finally quits. As long as it works, I don't see a need? I just wish that more expensive items would last that long.
* I'm going to go through my closet and see what I can give away. I have way more than I need anyway. To think that someone else could benefit makes me feel good inside.
* Instead of the mall today, I'm going to go for a walk in the fields behind me. Curious to see what is sprouting out there.
* My son and his girlfriend came for a visit last night and we just sat around the table for a few hours and chatted. No big deal, but it was nice just to visit.
* Bought lawn furniture yesterday and found exactly what I wanted for half the amount I was willing to spend.
* I'm going to paint a little bit this afternoon. I haven't done that in way too long.
See how easy it was!
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Just some quiet time in the country
All Work and No Play
Okay, we all have to work, but we have to have to incorporate some play time as well. If your life centers around how much you will make this week, you are losing out. Try for an hour a day doing something for the sheer enjoyment of it.
FOR THE SHEER ENJOYMENT OF IT!
Keeping Up the Jones...
Does the family next door to you have more than you do? Would you be any more content if you had what they had or would you simply want more. It seems to be a trap that is very easy to fall into. You put yourself into debt having that pool put in the back yard (to match the neighbors) and then suddenly, it's not enough any more. There will always be something else. Maybe it's time for you to start a gratitude journal. You could probably fill it today with things that you DO have.Photo Credit: Amazon
What You Need to be Content
If you have the basics... enough food, a roof over your head, a family who loves you, a job you like you have everything you need to be content. Everything else is pure fluff. Nice to have granted, but if you need those things to be content, chances are, it might take a while when you could be content this very day.Photo Credit: Amazon
Look to Your Own Back Yard
During the summer months we get into the habit of visiting all the touristy places and with gas the price it is these days, maybe we should look a little closer to home. I'm thinking of creating a reading spot in my own back yard where I can sit, enjoy a good book and sip a soda if it should please me ;) I'm thinking Margaritas, but soda sounds more in keeping with the money saving ways to achieve contentment lol...Photo Credit: Amazon
It's Sad Really...
Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.
John Fowles
Finding the Magic
How to Want What You Have
Hmmm... How to want what you have... now that can be tough for a lot of us. There is always something bigger and better over the next hill. We have to learn HOW to find the magic in the simple things.
Not Just a Shopaholic!
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A Little Back Yard Pondering
Spend some time outside in your backyard. Grab something cold to drink, sit in your favorite chair and do a bit of day dreaming. If you have a garden magazine handy, thumb through the pages and ponder what you might like to do next.The day dreaming part is half the fun. :)
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An Old Eskimo Proverb
May you have warmth in your igloo, oil in your lamp and peach in your heart.
Eskimo Proverb
Have Your Say
Can Money Buy Contentment?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byMost definitely and here's why...
thrivingmom says:
Yes, but only if you already have people you love and trust in your life. My husband and I have a steady relationship that we can count on and 2 beautiful children, so if we were blessed with wealth it would take away a lot of our worries and struggles. It would give us the opportunity to travel and put our kids in the private school we've always wanted. Great wealth would give us a peace and contentment that we don't already have.
If you don't have love and a trusting relationship, money can bring troubles. You won't ever know if someone loves you or your money.
Posted July 22, 2008
spirituality says:
No - but not having enough can certainly prevent contentment.
Posted May 09, 2008
Contentment has nothing to do with money.
lisadh says:
Contentment? No. Peace of mind? Yes. I think the former is about happiness within yourself. The latter is about not having to worry about day to day concerns like the electric bill.
Posted November 14, 2008
Don't Spoil Your Contentment
Epicurus
I love this quote because it is such an easy trap to fall into. A few years ago, I began a photo album and placed pictures of things that I wanted in the pages. Guess what... that law of attraction really does work. Most of those things that I wanted have found their way into my life and now is the time to enjoy them. Don't spoil it by simply wishing for something more... at least for a little while. Take a few minutes today to be content with what you have at this very minute. Just remember that you didn't have those items... a few years ago.
Being Delighted...
I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting behind the morning.
J.B. Priestly
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Temp-Control Memory Foam Pillow
Temp-Control Memory Foam Pillow
Amazon Price: $59.95 (as of 07/06/2009)
I have tried a lot of pillows, but I think that this one has to be my all time favorite... just one problem though. I think that I have worn it out. One side is not as high as it once was.
But it sure is comfortable.
Sweet Home Alabama
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spirituality wrote...
Great lens - you've been blessed by a squidoo angel :) (and please submit this to my spiritual growth group)
Posted April 13, 2009
Marilyn wrote
God is good all the time. We praise him with joy and thanksgiving always. May we say again he is our happiness and contentment. Rejoice and again say rejoice. Peace on earth and good will to all men.
Posted March 01, 2009
lisadh wrote...
A great reminder that contentment is within our reach if we choose it to be.
Posted November 14, 2008
LePoochie wrote...
Ah, Sweet Baby James and Carly, before the discontent set in...What a nice lens, *****'s, thank you!
Posted August 23, 2008
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