Contentment versus Discontentment
What´s going on when we start to feel discontenment, we may also be a bit tired, and it looks it´s going to be too much today…
- The first thing I have noticed about discontentment, tiredness, feeling overwhelmed etc. is that I CAN FEEL it, “Oh, I´m tired again. And how can I manage this way today?” – and I start to get worried about it – thinking …
- The good news is that it has been all accompanied with a FEELING – in this case with a negative one – and it is enough just to notice it …
And then? What to do about it? Is it really enough just to notice it?
- Well, when we notice it, there comes the possibility to Become Aware of it, “Do I like it, do I want to continue in this? Or would I prefer it in a different way now? And how exactly?”
- And then maybe to try to Realize what I am Grateful for today? When I am Content and Happy?
- And try to focus in this direction of – Contentment, Happiness and Gratefulness…
And is it possible at all? And how can I do it? How can I learn this? It seems to me that I haven´t still been very good at this or when it seems to be ok, as if I fall again – I am not able to do it, and that is a horrible feeling of… frustration and hopelessness…
- Yes, and that is exactly the Moment for A – NOTICING it – the negative feeling and that I don´t like it and B – BECOMING AWARE of – Do I want it or not?
- And C – to START FOCUSING in the direction of WHAT I really WANT – and simply start DOING IT. 🙂
That sounds very simple. Is it really that simple?
- Surprisingly, yes – when we start to Notice it more – it is enough…:-)
- And there is one more NICE SURPRISE – it seems as if it were a MIRACLE which works reliably, however.
- Namely, the more I start to focus – go there where I am guided by my CONTENTMENT, HAPPINESS, GRATEFULNESS, the more JOYFUL AND CONTENT MOMENTS start to appear in my life… 🙂
PS: And we can talk about it more together if it sounded as a good idea to you, and if you were curious and interested to find out more about it for yourselves.
Marcela Krejčíková
mental well-being teacher
