Contentment is best kept for eternity
What do i mean by my title? I mean just as it means.
I'm not saying that we should not think about being content, nor that the word contentment should not exist because there will never be a state such as a perfect contentment. What i'm saying is that it's in the tension. We should be content by the fact that we will be fully content later on and patiently wait for that time when we will be completely content, but while we're here on earth we should never think that we've reached that highest level of contentment. Why? Because the second we think that we're fully content, is the second we stop growing.
There will never be such a thing as no problem in this world. In anything we do, no matter how much efforts we put into cushioning ourselves against heart breakage and pain, we will get hurt some way or another. Hurt is an indication that we're alive. Pain is proof that we're still learning.
The world makes pain and hurt and heart brokeness such a bad thing that as much as possible people wants to avoid it. But is that right? Is avoiding pain and hurt the way to go?
I don't think so. If we never feel pain we will never find the need to grow. We will never see the need to learn things. We will stay at whichever level we're on and becomes worse and worse everyday. There is no way we can gain contentment and perfection while we're here on earth. But for the time we've got now we can only feel content because we know that we will be fully content.
I'm not saying that we should not think about being content, nor that the word contentment should not exist because there will never be a state such as a perfect contentment. What i'm saying is that it's in the tension. We should be content by the fact that we will be fully content later on and patiently wait for that time when we will be completely content, but while we're here on earth we should never think that we've reached that highest level of contentment. Why? Because the second we think that we're fully content, is the second we stop growing.
There will never be such a thing as no problem in this world. In anything we do, no matter how much efforts we put into cushioning ourselves against heart breakage and pain, we will get hurt some way or another. Hurt is an indication that we're alive. Pain is proof that we're still learning.
The world makes pain and hurt and heart brokeness such a bad thing that as much as possible people wants to avoid it. But is that right? Is avoiding pain and hurt the way to go?
I don't think so. If we never feel pain we will never find the need to grow. We will never see the need to learn things. We will stay at whichever level we're on and becomes worse and worse everyday. There is no way we can gain contentment and perfection while we're here on earth. But for the time we've got now we can only feel content because we know that we will be fully content.
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