If You Want to Be Happy and Contented, Be Happy and Grateful

Being happy and contented is not an emotion, it’s a state you chose to be in (24/7 if you want).

You can earn so little yet feel happy and contented.

Another employee could earn so much yet feel unhappy and empty.

The two statements above sound contradictory but are a true reflection of what many people go through. Most people seek happiness from life events and things outside them. This is a type of happiness built on quicksand and it won’t stand the test of time.

I have heard statements like,

“I read the novel, laughed my ass off, and felt happy for the first time.”

“Spending time with you makes me happy.”

I believe the statements were a true reflection of what the speakers felt after going through the experiences. However, in the former’s statement, what happens when the speaker isn’t close to the person who makes them happy?

Similarly, what is your state of being when you find no novel or movie to tickle your ribs?

Being happy and contented isn’t so much about who you associate with or what you do but it is mostly about you.

People who seek happiness from other people, events, or material stuff are seldom happy within because they are trying to seek happiness and contentment from temporal stuff.

To shift from depending on outside factors for happiness, seek to be contented with what you have and your current state of life.

I agree you may not be living the life you want or have the dream job you desire, But that is not an excuse not to be happy. If you think this is too hard for you think about my second statement in this article.

That leads me to quotes on contentment and happiness. Is not like these quotes will make you happy and contented at the end of the day. But you’ll learn something about contentment and happiness.

25 Quotes on Happiness and Contentment

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
Epicurus

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
Lao Tzu

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.
Benjamin Franklin

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
Bilal Zahoor

True contentment is within
ATGW

It’s almost impossible to be satisfied in your own life if you’re constantly looking at what someone else has.
Rachael Cruze

It’s almost impossible to be satisfied in your own life if you’re constantly looking at what someone else has. – Rachael Cruze

Make peace with your now moment. Live in this very moment and be happy with what you have. Joy enters when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offering thanks for all the troubles we don’t have. And be aware, you have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.
Angie Karan

Just become totally content and happy from within. Then you will get all that you want.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Many peopel lose the small joys in the hope for the being happiness
Pearl Buck

Happiness. Contentment. Inner peace. Have you ever gone looking for something only to realize you had it with you the whole time?
Anonymous

It’s not so much how much we have, but how much we enjoy that makes happiness.
Charles Spurgeon

You can own everything in the world but if you lack contentment, you’ll never be happy.
Anonymous

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln

The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.
Goldie Hawn

The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are. – Goldie Hawn

Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
Dale Carnegie

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
Henry Ward Beecher

To be content doesn’t mean you don’t desire more, it means you’re thankful for what you have and patient for what’s to come.
Tony Gaskins

Summary

Happiness and contentment are choices to make not feelings
Happiness and contentment are found within.
Live in the now.
Be grateful

Your mind is an asset, use it to be happy always.

Job K.

Job K. is a self-growth enthusiast with many interests but nothing supersedes his interest in personal growth and to realize it. He spends a great deal of time in writing and researching on personal growth topics.