Short Story: Contentment comes from wisdomed living, gained from thoughtful contemplation on truths, and non-truths, too.

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The old Zen master, Larzo Zershoski, had been collecting various sayings of the other Zen masters around him, and he had written them all down in a notebook. From time to time, he would look at one, or more of these sayings, and contemplate over the truth, or the non-truth, of what had been said there. One such saying was this one: “When you look at the world, and feel that nothing is lacking from it, you feel contented then with your life.” He sat down outside on his thinking rock, and he started to chew this idea over in his mind. “The World is small in its way, and so there is always something missing from it. Contentment does not come from the World,” He thought to himself. “We do not exist to complete the world with our presence. We exist to empty ourselves of the World. Both ourself, and the world, are already complete.” “We must bring love to the world, and then let love supply us with itself from the World too. Love exists both in, and without us, and our life mission is to live both forms of love seamlessly, without denying either, or diminishing one for the other too. Never think that you live just for yourself, as each of us must live for the greater good of all too.” “Contentment is not a form of wealth, as it has no worldly value, but lives in a heart of humble harmony.” “To be content is to be happy in that contentment, not second-guessing of it.” And so, the old master closed his book, after adding these ideas of his own to the quote. Whenever he wrote a new quote, or saying in his book, he would always write it on a new page, to give him space on that page to add his own thoughts, as he had now done here. Contentment warms one’s soul, as it had done for the master here again too. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com "Rock with the world, not against it."