Satisfied

     When you really appreciate the present moment and for now, don't need anything else, you are satisfied.  Perhaps after a job well-done, a delicious meal, or a close encounter with a loved one or being in the presence of friends and family, you feel your needs have been fulfilled.  Your mind and body can relax and be satisfied.
     When thoughts begin to shift to the future and we start to yearn for something else, we may begin to slip out of contentment.  This may be a positive step toward sustaining and improving our future; however, this can be a negative step toward stress and focusing on what else we want.  If our expectations are too high or unrealistic, we may head for disappointment.
     We can help each other toward contentment and that can be satisfying.  Sometimes out of necessity or ill health, we must depend on others to meet our needs, but we should try to regain independence as soon as possible.  Sometimes, others expect us to aid in their satisfaction, but we must not enable their dependence.
     Many people are not satisfied with their lives on earth and feel they need additional help from the spiritual world.  They may not be satisfied with an independent life well-lived as a creature of the natural world but desire to live forever.  For them, complete satisfaction only occurs after death. 
      We can improve our lives by accepting each moment of reality and increase our ability to roll with the punches which are mostly out of our control.  By calming our fears and gearing our behavior toward doing what is best for ourselves and others, we can sustain contentment.  Try to be satisfied with today and hope for a good tomorrow.  Take responsibility to make your tomorrows as satisfying as possible.  Train your mind to be satisfied.