We all have an idea of what contentment means (i.e. to be satisfied). But if I am to write an entire year of blog posts on this topic, I need to make my very own definition that fits my being.
So, to me contentment is a stubborn gladness that one carries in one's spirit all through the day, no matter what the circumstances. It is less about the external world and more about one's internal landscape. Contentment is sunshine and water and daily maintenance to one's inner plant.
Perhaps after years of taking care of this plant, it would become a banyan tree that will be what one's entire life could hang on?
Note - 'Stubborn gladness' is a term I first heard from Elizabeth Gilbert (Author). She in tern got it from Jack Gilbert (Poet).
Note - 'Stubborn gladness' is a term I first heard from Elizabeth Gilbert (Author). She in tern got it from Jack Gilbert (Poet).
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