Feeling Content in the Moment....Within the Content of My Life

New love content!

 So many words in the English language look exactly the same.  It is all dependent on how they are used in a sentence (and pronunciation can vary) as to what their particular meaning is.  I have been reflecting on the word content.  Now, do I mean content as a noun - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered or learned?  Or perhaps content, which can be an adjective, verb or noun, depending on how it is used, but the meaning is the same:  satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are.

I have been reflecting on this word because it has occurred to me that I don't think it is any small coincidence that these two words are spelled the same.  Can we really be content (satisfied) without having the content of our life in a certain order?  Isn't what we have perceived, discovered or learned at any point in time the driver for our emotional well being?  Or at least a strong contributor?

memory made sweet content!

And certainly not the sum total of everything we have perceived, discovered or learned....but in those moments in time when we feel content, the content leading up to that moment is all good.   Our feelings of contentment can also be memories that we are so grateful for even based on the content of changed circumstances in our life today. 
Life can change quickly, and sometimes we lose the contentment we were feeling as the content of our life shifts.  But not the sum of the whole.....just for the time it takes for us to rebound.  And I am not going to whitewash that time.  It can be long and painful.

Nothing like grandbaby content!

But then you get news of a new granddaughter on the way.  And spend time with parents, siblings, kids and grandkids you already have.  And the content starts to change.  It fills up with different things and you feel so grateful....and could it be, content!

I love words (the OCD in me). 

I will be learning some Norwegian words soon!

Until next time,
tilfreds (content in NORWEGIAN)

your pal,
Kari

Soon to be discovered!