Discontentment

More than once during the past week, I’ve read about citizens in the U.S.A. and their discontentment with the current situation. I’ve read about those wanting to start protests and the rise of gun sales. Additionally, I’ve read about a friend living in China and the quarantine imposed on its citizens.

During a conversation with a friend in America, he discussed plans to attend a meeting about three hours north of his home with another colleague. I have mumbled my discontentment to others as well.

It’s remarkable how most of us are comfortable with our routines and when those rituals are interrupted, we want to defend them fervently. What would happen if we all knew our purpose and defended its fulfillment that much?

Today, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, I am grateful that:

I’m living in the middle. I’m not to one extreme or the other. I have some sense of moderation and I’m doing my best to stay there, in the gray area. I’ll cooperate with the “powers that be” and limit my interactions. I’ll not behave as if I’m entitled to anything and I’ll limit my complaints.

I’m aware that my current path requires work, yet it doesn’t feel like work most of the time. Writing is not, but the other aspects of being a publisher and editor are. Formatting, proofreading, editing, marketing, and much more are work but the actual writing process is more of a release which requires much less effort than prior years.

I’ve gotten better at performing tasks I do not enjoy. Without those essential tasks, my writing is nil, meaningless and ineffective. What’s more, without those vital efforts put forth, I’m unable to extend my writing to an audience. There’s no point in writing if not a single soul, other than myself, reads the works.

Are you living contently within current constraints?

How are you helping others enhance their contentment?

Reflecting on fulfilling your purpose, does it seems like work?

Be Great. Be Grateful!!!