As the saying goes, MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL, so also I say everything has it's own opposite. If money is the root of all evil then CONTENTMENT IS THE ROOT OF HAPPINESS. Yeah you might be wondering how money turned out to being the opposite contentment in this article. I'm not saying money and contentment are opposite words, no, they aren't but I'm only using it as an analogy. Many people lack happiness in their lives, some with reasons they point to, and some don't even know why they are unhappy. The truth is, everyone can be happy if they choose to and one of the strongest weapon to being happy is CONTENTMENT which many has lost.
Contentment is the state of being satisfied with your present circumstance. I know many might be thinking why should one be satisfied with one current circumstance. If one is satisfied with their current circumstance, then they won't move forward in life because they like the position they are. Please note, don't make the mistake of misinterpreting the word to be contented and to aspire.
Humans current development is as a result of their aspiration but they are now in one way or the other destroying everything through lack of contentment. I've talked to many people who will say once they are rich then happiness will come. True there is a joy that comes with money but it never last. If the person who got the money lacks contentment, he or she won't enjoy the joy that comes with the money. There are billionaires families who lack happiness which can be found in the family of a poverty stricken man. Why? Because the poor man didn't allow lack of contentment to rob him of his happiness. The urge to have more is good in fact I think it's a thing God put in man. But when you begin to see what you want to be everything to you rejecting or not valuing what you have at present, then you let lack of contentment to rob you of your happiness.
Lack of contentment has led many into their greatest nightmares. Many has fallen in depression some becoming addicts, some because of lack of contentment has developed high blood pressure which they have to control by drugs almost daily. The truth is all this problems can be averted with contentment. Be thankful and satisfied with what you have, with your current circumstance and aspire for the next level which you are looking forward to.
Might be happiness never lasts with money but neither does it with being content. Content is not the same as happiness. For sure it is not. It's fooling yourself till the moment you wake up and see what years of poverty, sitting in the cold but with a roof above your head did to you. There's nothing wrong with striving, working for something better. You won't become passive if you tell yourself you are content.