Contentment

It's always the fight inside. What you are, what you want, and what others around you-- what the ones you love-- desire. Desire is an odd thing. Everyone seeks contentment, yet are faced daily with desire.

And then: trying to figure out what your desires are, and how it all fits into your perception of contentment.

Is it having enough money? Enough friends? Enough academic credentials or wine over fifteen dollars? Isn't being happy enough?

(But, of course, that implied you have some idea of what "happy enough" means to you.)

Good luck with that. Understand it.

[Oneness with] Contentment is great gain. We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry none out. (1TIM6:6)

The Tidbits: Contentment is freedom from anxiety, want or need, and is the goal behind all goals, as once achieved there is nothing to seek until it is lost. A living system cannot maintain contentment for very long, as complete balance and harmony means death.

In that case, I am on the verge of death. And performance anxiety.