Contentment

How many moments of contentment do you allow yourself to experience in a day?

Like most emotional states, contentment is created by our thoughts, most of which are life-long habits. The more we focus on a particular state of being, the more of it we create for ourselves.

If we habitually focus on resentment, envy, a sense of lack or other painful states, they tend to increase, like a well-worn rut in the road. If we focus, instead on more positive states like contentment or hope, they tend, likewise, to increase.

A gratitude diary does exactly this - keeps you focussed on the positive aspects of the life around you and within you. Looking for the good in everything becomes a habit.