i was having this discussion with a close friend on the topic of being content. i have a lot in my life, yet i am not happy with all that i have achieved or gained. it could always be better. based on most of the entries on this page, im sure you can sense humourous skepticism and a certain amount of bitterness. i feel this is the personal quality that inhibits true contentment. i am happy mind you, but discontent. a weird combination that encourages me to reinvent and keep changing my life day by day. in this way i am able to explore, experience new things, mostly because i tire of the old and i know all its faults. new always brings an opening up experience, the 'wow' factor. once the dust settles you see the sharp edges and the things that don't go too well with what you like. and then i am no longer happy with what i have. this is why i must change, either the surroundings, the materialistic item, or even myself. in the corporate world, change is necessary. but as an individual, how much can we change without diluting our true selves?
4 comments:
There is a good side to knowing a past activities faults aka "the little things". List such in the cons of your old/used-to-be-cool activity. On the other hand knowing that the activity that you are about to like is one day going to bore you (based on the repeating cycle) you can make a hypothetical list of cons. That is for the new activity. Now compare the two lists, put them in the recycle bin and then come to the conclusion that nothing is perfect ( or something to that effect). Nor is Apple! (think I went a little too far).
Next time you come across something 'shiny' and you wonder about the impending lack of interest think of how long you could go on with or without it and ask yourself is this really me?
wth is the point of searching for a way of reducing discontent?
isnt it in some way tied to finding out who you are?
sorry Azam, engineers confuse me :p. Yash, contentment is the key to being happy. you can't reduce discontent and automatically become happy. it's a mindset. you either have it or you don't.
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