Neel MukherjeeIt could be said of him that while others chased the mirage of happiness, he was happy with being content.
About This Quote
We all hope for happiness and we all want to be content. Yet, contentment is something many of us struggle with. We want to be happy, but we aren’t. We make plans and set out on journeys hoping to find a place where we can be happy, but we always end up disappointed.
I know this because it’s what happened to me. At one point in my life I thought I would be happy living in a small town in the middle of nowhere. I wanted to travel the world and experience new things, but that never happened.
In fact, I didn’t even get beyond the city limits of my hometown! That’s why when I hear people talk about being content with being happy with where they are in life, I can understand why they say it. They have done everything they set out to do and have experienced a lot of good things in their lives. They have lived a full life and have accepted what is happening in their lives at this moment in time
Source: The Lives Of Others
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