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Be Content, Not Satisfied

Success is not permanent. The While in college we had a very old
achievement, you are feeling happy about gentleman as one of our visiting
will not mean a thing to you tomorrow. professor. This retired top government
You must have taken some journeys when official had a plush bungalow, and he
you were young. You must have felt good owned four cars (still an extravaganza in
when a milestone passed as you looked out India). He had no reason to work. But he
of the window, and a moment later you would go from college to college in
were looking forward to next. But were public transport. We thought he is greedy
you still excited about the journey you and a miser. We were surprised when we
had just taken when you reached the discovered him giving liberal charity. He
destination? told us that he feels excited to teach
In fact we are excited for the youngsters, and he prefers to be among
destinations we want to reach but have people so he uses public transport. He
not reached as yet. Success is the was a voracious reader, good listener and
journey you take towards these un-reached full of excitement and enthusiasm for new
destinations. We feel happy when we things. He was dissatisfaction
reach, but the joy is short lived. Next personified. He gave more, so he received
day, we need something else to feel more. And the more he received, more he
excited about. gave. But he never got it made.
A mother when asked by her child that why This does not mean that one must turn
they are not as prosperous as their greedy and run only after material things
neighbor, advises that she should be in life. Greed is an obsession with
satisfied with what she had. The child wanting more than the honest efforts that
snapped back that she is very satisfied you are willing to put. Greed will make
with the grades she got in her exams. The you restless. You will loose peace of
mother was at loss of words because the mind. In other words you will not be
grades were not flattering by any means. content. What is the feeling of content?
And if she is satisfied with them, she You will be content if you are in peace
will never do anything to improve them. with your self. When you know that you
Unfortunately too many people have are doing what is required to be done.
learned it too well to be satisfied with You are content when you are taking the
what they have. They will hate the job journey in faith towards more
that they are doing, but will not do fulfillments.
anything to change it, as they have When you are dissatisfied, you look
learned to be satisfied. They will forward. You will look for new milestones
struggle hard to make their ends meet, to achieve. They could be financial,
and deny every material pleasure to career, relationships or spiritual. You
themselves and their family. But they come to one milestone, rest, celebrate
will not do anything to improve their and then again pack your luggage for yet
incomes because they are satisfied with another exciting journey. And you feel
whatever they have got. They will curse content as you grow towards your
God for not answering their prayers, but potential and move towards fulfilling
they won't do anything to raise bigger purpose of your life.
themselves spiritually. They will live in It is the 'dissatisfied' people who rule
darkness of ignorance but do nothing to the world. Gandhi was not satisfied with
gain knowledge. After all they are autonomy in British Rule, but he wanted
supposed to be satisfied with what they complete independence for India. Mother
have. Too many people spend a life of Teresa was not satisfied helping a few
mediocrity and under-achievement because hundreds or thousands of poor destitute
they carry with them a superficial air of and sick, but she wanted to take care of
so called satisfaction. more and more. Buddha was not satisfied
Dissatisfaction is the one of the with being a king. He searched for
greatest motivation for achievement. You supreme knowledge and he still was not
have not done enough today if you are satisfied when he got it, because he
still happy with what you did yesterday. wanted to spread it around the world.
This is why the most successful people in Jesus was not satisfied getting on the
this world never say that they have it cross just one time for our sins. He rose
made. They do not accept to have arrived. again and continues living in order to
They take a never ending journey towards save more of us. God is not satisfied
new destinations and higher achievements. with this universe. It is still expanding
In return they create abundance that all as the God is still creating. If he is
of us are supposed to create with our not satisfied how can we be.....?
action.




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