5 Ways to Achieve Contentment

 

Contentment has nothing to do with external circumstances. 

It is about mindset.

    Many people claim to be content. But in reality, their condition may be better described as immaturity, disobedience, cowardice, laziness, or apathy. Being content is difficult to achieve, unless you change your state of mind. 

    Discontentment flows with a mindset that says "I deserve better than what I have been given." You think that the more you have, the more happiness you will get.

    You make a big mistake when you tie your happiness to something you get or achieve. Because once you get what you want, you will immediately think about the next thing until you end up feeling unhappy. It is a never ending cycle. 

You don't need to wait until you change everything in your life in order to feel content. You already have everything you need to be happy right now.

Here are 5 Helpful Ways to Start Learning How to be Content

1. Be Grateful For What You Already Have

-Write down a list of things you have in your life.Write everything even the simplest one. You will realize that you have many things that others may wish they had.

2. Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

-Don't compare your possessions and achievements to other people's achievements because everyone is different and has different circumstances. It is unfair.

3. Catch Yourself Thinking... "It sucks!"

-When you catch yourself thinking about things in your life that sucks, stop thinking and reverse it.Start searching for something good in everything you don't like. This way helps train your mind to be positive.

4. Do What You Love

-Start doing things that bring you joy. They may include going for a walk, hanging out with your friends, hiking, drawing, etc. Doing what you love gives you a sense of satisfaction.

5. Believe That You Are Enough

-You don't need anything to become content. You have everything. Contentment comes from within and nothing outside can make you achieve contentment.

Source: Hanadi Ebrahim

Evanescent

I hate to admit it. 

I'm not judging you. 

But this is what I feel about what you truly feel for me. 

It's as evanescent as this rainbow.

I'm scared to death. 

Scared of tomorrow I may have with you. 

But you know what perturbs me most?

I have loved you more than enough that I don't freakin care anymore 

of what the future holds.

 I don't want to lose you. 

Losing you will be the scariest thing in my world. 

But deep in my unfathomable heart, 

I know,

 I need to let you go.

Raindrops

                                                                

                                                       Raindrops = Reham

"I don't care how others are doing better than me, 

but I am doing better now than I was last year."

                                                              -Reham Vs. Reham Life Quote-

The rain falls gently down, and slowly fills my cup. This never would have happened, if raindrops all fell up. Just like how this rain drop girl filled my life with happiness and love. I tell you. She's one in a million.

I can't forget the day I met her. She was sitting on a small brown chair near a desktop, on a corner of a room full of papers. "That's probably her usual place" I thought to myself.

I have a good intuition. Even though I cannot see her face, I knew she was smiling back at me when I entered the room on my first day of work and introduced my self. 

Days passed and I get to learn more about her. For the past few years working in the hospital I am in, I seldom see others beyond my previous department and I never thought someone like her will become part of my life.

She loves to travel. Well, of course, I assumed coz she has no choice but to love travelling because she needs to travel everyday to get to work. She wakes up early in the morning, takes care of her two babies named Shikhah and Ahmed (and let's include her husband, in case he will read this) She goes home thereafter, and travels again.

Now look at the sky, what color do you see? She loves that color too. Just like you, It also makes her feel at ease and calm with just those colors.

Day by day, weeks by weeks, months by months and years by years, little did I know, she gained my precious trust and respect.

She's the kind of person who can laugh at the same stupid things I do. Someone who is never scared of giving me a brutal and honest advice (which is sometimes scary because it cuts through the heart), the one who never gets tired of listening to my pointless dramas over and over and over again and the first person who gets to ask how I'm feeling whenever I get sick. 

I've only known her for 2 years but the respect, love, care, and faith I have for her will remain forever even until my last breath. And I always believe that friendship isn't about who you've known the longest. It's about who walked into your life and said "I'm here for you" and proved it.

She's hard to find and lucky to have.

My Dearest Riri,

    They say, anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you. You don't even know how happy I am when we laugh and forget - momentarily about all our problems. Time will come when you won't really need me anymore and I might not need you too. We could survive without each other. Yet, we have stuck with each other through the tough parts and pretty parts of life. 

    So thank you for staying around and enriching my life. Thank you for being you. Thank you for all the laughs. Thank you my raindrops. Cheers to everlasting friendship!

Love,

Bujun

I hope we'll be friends forever, together we'll always be.

I don't think you understand just how much you mean to me.

And one day, when we part our ways, we'll think back to the past 

and think about how happy we are

cause our friendship will always last.