contentment

you tell me, is it not hard to be content? there is always that human nature of wanting more than what we have. i am not saying that it is wrong with having that. i am asking of an answer on how is it contentment when one always has that urge to want more. i guess, it depends on what that something more is. if it is something that isn't overindulging perhaps it is alright to want it? i do not know for sure. i think it is alright in my humble opinion.

i am content with what i have now. do i want more shoes? yeah. do i want more clothes? definitely. however much i want all those, i am not going to waste my money on them if i can find other necessities which is far more important. but i guess it is okay to have the sense of wanting. we are exposed of the western culture. we can but not help ourselves with falling in the trap that is westernization. see i'm spelling 'westernization' the US way. let me correct it. westernisation. that's it, i am more comfortable with using the British spelling. mind you.

i'll leave you with this short quote:


Once a person said to a dervish, "All I ask for is a small dwelling in Paradise."

The dervish replied, "If you displayed the same contentment with what you already have in this world, you would have found ultimate bliss."

-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani, "Fayuz E Yazdani"