Contentment

I started doing this the very first year I blogged (in 2008, which in blogging years is sort of like the paleolithic era.   Or something.) …

When I wrote my series about contentment, one of the things I mentioned was looking at people with less instead of focusing on people who …

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I post a photo (or three) and just a few words. I’ve decided to look at it a little differently…it’s not …

SouleMama did a post like this the other day, and it inspired me to make my own. It’s good to sit down and think of …

Contentment is not a natural propensity of man. Covetousness, discontent, and murmuring are as natural to man as thorns are to the soil. We need …

I thought all these pictures on my memory card were random, but really, they’re not. They all capture small, simple happinesses. I take pictures of …

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would …

Sometimes, sunshine-y, look-at-the-glass-half-full sort of bloggers get flack from their readers over their incessant cheerfulness. “Be real!” “Life isn’t perfect.” “It’s all a sham.” “No …

On Sunday, I was chatting with some friends at church, and my friend Karyn told me that I needed to trot out a few more …

(in case you’re just getting here, you may want to check out the previous posts in this series: Look for the good, and Stop looking …

This idea of not looking up has been percolating around in my mind since I heard Sheryl Crow’s Soak Up The Sun song years ago. …

So, today’s the first official installment in our contentment series! Today’s post and the following two will be about ways that you can be intentional …

Probably that’s this blog. 😉 I have long felt that a contented attitude is key to cheerful frugal living, and key to proper money management. …