If you know how to be content, then you are the real winner.

When we were children, we all heard a story like this:

There was a man who took a big cloth bag, and the cloth bag was broken with a big hole, and he didn't know it, and when he saw a good thing, he put it in the cloth bag, and put it all the way down, and when he came to the end, there was nothing in the cloth bag. The torn cloth bag is like a person's "greed", if it is not repaired, no matter how many things it contains, there will never be a time to be satisfied.

Many rich people are already rich, but they are not content, but they cannot enjoy the pleasures of true contentment, the so-called "contentment" is a cliché, but it is thought-provoking.

You can count how many things you are proud of every morning, be satisfied with what you have, and not worry about what you lack, so that you can easily make yourself happy.

Lucily Black recounts her experience:

"My life has been very hectic, taking organ lessons at the University of Arizona, opening a language school in the city, and teaching music appreciation at the desert willow ranch where I live. I attended many banquets, balls and horseback rides under the stars. One morning I had a complete breakdown and I had a heart attack. 'You'll have to lie in bed for a year,' the doctor told me. He didn't encourage me to believe that I was still going to be strong. ”

Lying in bed for a year, being a wreck, and maybe dying, I was just terrified. Why did I encounter such a thing? What am I doing wrong? I cried and screamed, my heart full of resentment and resistance. But I still did as the doctor told me to lie in bed. One of my neighbors, Mr. Rudolph, is an artist. He said to me, 'You now think it's a great tragedy to have to stay in bed for a year, but you don't.' You can have time to think, to be able to really know yourself. In the months that follow, you will grow much more intellectually than you have ever had in most of your life. I calmed down and began to think about enriching new values. I've read a lot of books that inspire people's minds. One day, I heard a radio news commentator say, 'You can only talk about what you know.' I don't know how many times I've heard that before, but now it's really getting into my heart. I was determined to think only of those thoughts that I wish I could live by—happy and healthy thoughts. Every morning I come together, I force myself to think of something I should be grateful for: I am not in pain, I have a lovely daughter, I can see with my eyes and hear with my ears, there is beautiful music playing on the radio, I have time to read, I eat well, I have very good friends, I am very happy, and there are many people who come to see me.

It's been nine years since then, and I'm living a very rich and vivid life now. I'm so grateful for the year I spent in bed, the most rewarding and happiest year I've ever had in Arizona. I still have the habit of counting how many proud things I have every morning, which is my most precious possessions.

Life should have such a mentality. When we have nothing, we can also say: I am happy. Because we still have a healthy body. When we no longer enjoy health, the bravest of those can still smile and say, "I am happy." Because I still have a healthy heart. Even when our hearts no longer exist, the best of humanity can still say aloud to the universe: I am happy. Because I used to live.

People are very slow to feel what they have and are very sensitive to pain, worry, and fear. For example, when you are safe and sound, free from illness and disaster, you have no sense of your surroundings; On the other hand, when health is lost, the sensation is intense. Normally, people don't care much about the meaning of sunlight, air, and water, but when they lose them, they feel very painful. It seems that the so-called happiness of our lives is often the last thing we can feel, so learn to enjoy what you have, instead of hoping for what you don't have, so that you will always be bathed in the sunshine of happiness.

There was a woman named Sophie:

Sophie has it all. She has a perfect family, lives in a luxury apartment, and never has to worry about money. Moreover, she is young, intelligent, and beautiful.

Louie is her friend, and Louie finds it a pleasure to go out with Sophie. In the dining room, Louis would see the men at the next table looking at her frequently, and the ladies at the next table whispering to each other about her. Louie felt great to have her company. She made Louie sincerely think that it was good to be a man.

However, when all the small talk ended, the moment came: Sophie began to tell Louie about her miserable life, the foxtrot she danced to lose weight, the effort she made to stay in shape, and the anorexia she suffered. Louie couldn't believe his ears! This beautiful lady genuinely and deeply believes that she is fat and ugly, and that she is not worthy of anyone's love.

Louis told her that she might be mistaken. In fact, half of the world would rather pay any price to have her looks, her good fortune and her life. No, no, Sophie waved her hand sadly, she had heard similar things before. She knew that it was only a polite remark, just a kind of consolation that did not help.

And the more Louie tries to confirm that she is a lucky girl, the more she objectes.

Sophie's summary of her life is "terrible".

The more life gives us, the more we take everything for granted. Then, the higher our expectations of life.

The same is true when it comes to money and status. If a person who earns 260,000 yuan a year wants to adopt the standard of a person who earns 1 million yuan a year, the result must be a sense of loss, not a sense of satisfaction. If everyone were to compare ourselves to Rockefeller, our society would be more volatile than it is now, and many people would be dissatisfied for the rest of their lives, living in the abyss of misery.

For those who are not satisfied, his level of expectation will always be rising: when he can afford a house of $50,000, his eyes have seen $200,000; When you own a $200,000 house, $300,000 has become a "necessity."

Facing life, facing life, I want to have a sense of satisfaction.

"Those who are content are always happy", you must know this sentence, but knowing this sentence does not mean that you really understand the meaning of this sentence. In the face of life, we must be tolerant, satisfied with what we have, and face life with a positive attitude, so that we can achieve tranquility and peace, and live a calm and happy life.