Site Meter Spirituality Guide » Blog Archive » Being Satisfied With Yourself

Being Satisfied With Yourself

by

To be able to be satisfied with yourself, to be content in all things is an admonition that Paul gave us in Hebrews 13:5, where he says to “be content with such things as ye have”. In the time and day that we live in, we see unhappy and unsettled people all around us….why?

It seems that a culture has been bred that promotes, even encourages, to get, get, get. This “getting” can cause much discontentment and dissatisfaction. It appears that even when we have more, we desire more. When we get more, we becoome even more dissatisfied. Not the way it’s supposed to be.

It is human nature, a sin nature that causes us to want more, more, more. But end the end of this wanting is more dissatisfaction. Things don’t make us happy….they just pacify us. Yes, while it’s pleasureable to enjoy the finer things of life, we must keep in perspective that these “things” aren’t the magic to our satisfaction; we are.

In order to be totally happy and content, we must be driven by our inner need for - self-satisfaction - and not seek it from external sources. Take time to enjoy everything that life has to offer. Everything. There is a world full of stimuli that money cannot buy, if we just take the time to notice it.

Our happiness doesn’t lie in things. It lies within ourselves.


Posted in Previous Authors on May 11th, 2007

Link to this Entry

Recent Posts

Related Posts

Leave a Reply


About Spirituality Guide

Is there a God? Are we alone in the universe? What does life mean? It's not strange or unusual to ask these questions of yourself and of the universe, no matter what your upbringing. Spirituality Guide isn't going to answer those questions for you. Rather, this site is a place where you can explore all these and more. This is a place to question and contribute. And maybe find yourself along the way.

Spirituality Guide Author(s)

NAVIGATE

LINKS

CATEGORIES

TOP COMMENTERS

RECENT COMMENTS

SUBSCRIBE

ARCHIVES

Blogging Flair

 

Philosophy & Religion Channel Links

 

Philosophy & Religion Channel Posts

  • Is Karma Real?
    I've been exposed to a number of differing versions of the karma story. Some say it is about a life balancing thing – live a bad life now and you pay for it later. For others it can be almost [...]
  • Is it the Matrix?
    Imagine The Matrix world - what if the computer simulation already had characters running around, operating according to basic programming. Neo wants to join the game, so the computer 'models' him [...]
  • Spirituality
    If there is one subject that generates an amazing amount of dialogue, discussion and argument without ever apparently reaching a conclusion, it would be Spirituality. Not only do people disagree [...]
  • Weekly Forecast: A Very Hot Ticket
    February 20 to February 27 [caption id="attachment_2126" align="alignleft" width="333" caption="Love's a Hot Ticket"][/caption]This week a very spicy Venus in Aries makes friendly energetic [...]
  • Speechless... and loved.
    Sometimes life leaves you speechless. About a week ago, a friend I hadn't spoken with in nearly 15 years found me on Facebook. For those of you that don't know, Facebook is called a "social [...]
  • Fields of Life?
    From Kirlian auras, through to electric fields, people have attempted to show that, if we are not just bodies living in a purely physical realm, our ‘spirit’ can be measured or shown to have [...]
  • The Astrology of The Tragic Story of Travis the Chimp
    February 19, 2009 [caption id="attachment_2119" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Travis the Chimp"][/caption]In a story that is sad and tragic for all parties concerned, a fourteen year old, [...]
  • Love and Hate
    I think maybe 'lack of self awareness' creates automatisms - when one is at all self-aware, there is little that is automatic. When one isn't, almost everything is automatic. Lack of knowledge limits [...]
  • This Little Light of Mine
    14"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in [...]
  • Apathy
    I was in a discussion recently about Apathy. A person was saying that because of trauma, they were deep in apathy for a good part of the past few years. That raised my interest – I don't know if [...]

 

Hot Off The Press