What does "contentment" look like?
On the first day of August, in blistering heat, contentment for me was relaxing beside a pool on a shaded lounge chair while my girls played nearby in the water. Ah, bliss!
Recently I also found contentment while sitting in a pop-up camper listening to the rain patter on the roof as I played a game of Bananagrams with my family.
And today, I'm content to sit alone in my office, scented candle burning, dog lazing nearby, as I type away at my computer.
You see, contentment can encompass so many different experiences and moments. Maybe contentment for you today is something entirely different from the examples I just mentioned.
Here's the thing: practicing the discipline of contentment means finding ways to string these moments together in a tighter and tighter strand until they seem one unbroken moment. Does contentment mean an idyllic life of continuous enjoyment? No. But it does mean learning to find that settledness in the midst of any and every circumstance.
How about you? What has contentedness looked like for you lately?
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