Why are we never content? We seem to always be in search of the bigger and better, the could-have's, the dangling carrot. Why are humans determined to refuse a state of contentment, no matter the cost? We spend so much time looking ahead to that "carrot" that we don't take the time to realize what we have right in front of us. God only knows why.
Oddly, however, while we are watching that "carrot", we seem to be looking over our shoulders. What might have been? What could I have had? What if I had done this?
Do you think maybe our lives could be lived more abundantly, more fully, if we just stop for a moment and reflect on the blessings that God has placed in our lives? Can we, for just a moment, actually be...content? Or is that a concept long forgotten in our "Keeping up with the Jones's" humanity? Take a step back and look at the Jones's; are they any happier than the rest of us? If the Jones's were, in fact, content, why would we have to "keep up"? We would all eventually catch up to them. But wait, if we caught the Jones's, would we then be content? Or would we still embark on the unending journey to find that bigger, better carrot? Only to find, at the end of our days, that even at death, we still have not found that state of true contentment.
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