Today I am content

Today, I am content.

Tomorrow I might chase after the newest bathroom cleaner, coffee creamer, or body wash scent.  I might ponder thoughts of cleaner floors or whiter teeth.   Criticize my sugar intake.  Focus on more energy output.  Make a plan.  Make a list.  Hope to do better…

But, today I am satisfied. 

 Next week I'll tweak my parenting style, set out to read more nonfiction, or make a 3-day-a-week yoga plan.  I could feel entitled to more affection, attention, or justice in my life.  I might get down on myself for sleeping in, and not stepping out.  I could cry.  I could complain.

But, today I am grateful.

  

 Next year I will be inspired to run a marathon, keep a dream journal, and cut out red meat.  I could create a plan to teach or learn more.  I might need to make love more, or feel compelled to protest war.  I might feel overlooked, or misunderstood.  I might need answers.

                                                                                                                                                                                             Not today.  Today I am thankful for the cup before me.  And If I was in want of anything, it would be this:  To have the first thought in my head, when I wake, to be this:

Today, I am content. 

“Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty” ~Socrates