Contentment

 

Contentment

 Sri Sri: “By contentment the greatest joy can be gained.” Happiness or contentment gives you the greatest joy Just cultivate this habit of being happy This is just an attitude, .

“Okay I will be happy. I will work through this” and that brings you the greatest happiness in life. It cannot be compared to anything.

When you are not happy from within, nothing can bring you pleasure. If you try to appease somebody who is so depressed, if you try to make them happy, even if you take them to nice movies, still they are not interested.

But when there is Santosha from within, they even enjoy the company of a stupid person! If people are above your standards, you are not comfortable. With people who are stupid, below your bench mark, you are not comfortable. People who are par with you, you are envious of them and not comfortable with them.

Then, who are you comfortable with? You are left with nobody!! If you feel that you are much more intelligent than the people around you and if you feel they are all fools, then good. Enjoy their company Fools make this world more fun. If there are no fools, then the whole world will be totally devoid of fun.

The biggest problem with lovers are, they love each other and start demanding each other. “Look how much I love you. What did you do for me?” or, they say “do you really love me? Prove it to me now?” Proving each other’s love becomes a burden.

You are the source of happiness. Nobody else can make you happy other than yourself. You need to say without saying, “Hey come on. You can’t put me, down and take my mood off ”. This should be the message from you.

 

                                                       Jai Gurudev