Dress the part! Invent and pretend to your heart’s content! Act, sing, and dance while everyone’s watching! The world’s a stage, remember?
Never let them try out this gratitude, for they would immediately discover that it supplies the first and most important component to happiness: Contentment.
A true Christian, who is born anew of the Spirit of Christ, is in the simplicity of Christ, and hath no strife or contention with any man about religion.
As we dread any disease that undermines the health of the body, so should we deplore contention, which is a corroding canker of the spirit.
I know that there are millions of Americans who are content with their health care coverage - they like their plan and, most importantly, they value their relationship with their doctor.
Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches.
I figure if I have my health can pay the rent and I have my friends I call it "content."
The only way to live is to risk being unhappy...and I'd rather be unhappy with the person I loved than as contented as a cat by the fire.
A bowl of diligence and perseverance, a cup of faith and a pinch of inspiration mixed with a spoon of contentment are the ingredients of a delicious success. Cook yours well.
Whatever confronts your faith can be a test but if it stands to oppose the content of your personality and the validity of your convictions then it's threat.