Be Content

Lately I have heard about being content or about not being discontent. That is you are discontent with your situation and you try to simply change the situation you will still be discontent. Because discontentedness (is that a word?) is more about you and your own heart than it really is about the situation. If you think "If we only had a bigger house..." or "If we could only afford nicer car..." and then you get that bigger house or nicer car, it won't actually make you content with life. Instead you will probably just find something else to be discontent about. Now you may actually need a bigger house, maybe you have 5 children sharing one bedroom. There are valid reasons for needing those things, but getting them won't suddenly change how you feel about life.