Is contentment the key to happiness?

Some people sometimes dwell on material things, having this and having that would make them feel happy, make them feel they're IN. I totally agree with you Lauren, there's so much more to be happy for with your family, friends beside you. Accepting things as they and make the most of it is the good thing to do. I am happy whenever I see my parents happy and without having any illness.

Yes 100% because if you know how to be contented then you will not bother and stress your self from getting much more than what you have. You see, you will only become unhappy if you are not contented with you have or you still want more because everything is not enough. Whereas, being contented gives you a relax mind and a happy feeling because it feels like your day is already complete with what you have. Your mind is not stressed looking for something that can make you satisfy. So it is contentment the key to success and I believe in that 1000%

Yes I agree. Contentment is definitely the key to happiness. It also the key to success. When you'e already contented with you status and everything you have, you can call yourself successful.

Contentment leads to happiness because we stop thinking of new things to come in our life. we feel content with what we have. what i feel is to be happy we should constntly keep what we want in our mind. in that way we might get what we want and as we have it in our mind we should stay happy and be sure that we gonna get it some day.. Being positive is the best way to stay happy is what i feel

I don't buy into the whole "you can be happy if you WANT to be happy" way of thinking. I have many good things in my life, but I have even more horrible things in my life. Growing up dirt poor I've also grown up a very pessimistic person expecting the worst out of life, and usually I'm not let down. I've only found if I try to be "happy" then something horrible happens to whatever I'm trying to be "happy" about. I just take my little joys where I can get them, but no longer expect to find true happiness.

Contentment is really the key to happiness. Without it you will continuously search for material things that aren't around. Though being happy and contented of what you have is difficult to achieve it can be worked up. Start changing your life with simplicity over things.

I think that a lot of people might be happy to feel contented, however I don't think that this would be the best thing for me in my life. For me, I always like to have something to work towards, and being content kind of makes it sound as though you don't want anything else from your life which I don't always think is a good thing. A little bit of excitement, whether that be good or bad, is always welcome in life and it is the way that we deal with the things that happen to us that make us are in the end, which is something that everyone would do well to remember.

Hiya LP., Contentment can last for hours but in most People I don´t think it has that kind of duration all the time. It can come and go depending on how you feel. If you have a really bad situation it can be very hard to feel really content I think. For me an I Phone would be something very nice to have but not a must I am very happy with mine and it is quite bad condition really although I have looked after it as it needs the time and date altering all the time that kind of thing you know and the battery is on its last legs as well but I still plan to use it for as long as I can. My mobile phone is not much to look at but I get very good use out of it for what I need. For me contentment comes and goes but I am happy with the very small things most of the time. Of course I can get a bit carried away by material things like everyone else does but not to moping around if I cannot get what I want. I get what I want by persistance and quietly usually things for the House almost never for me myself. Yes we are very lucky to be alive. To be able to get up and walk properly and talk with other people and whole list of things that we us humans sometimes take for granted but hey we are human all of us so we have those failings.xxx

Yes, I think that many people would be happy if they will just accept what they could not have and be happy with what they got. But there are others too who still wants to have something even though they have done everything possible to satisfy their longing for it. We may say that this people loves challenges who wants to see if there such a thing as limit on everything, but there are some too who are not contented with what they have and are feeling sad for not having it.

The media, and other influences put a great deal of emphasis on always having the new and latest thing. Today's latest item will be tomorrow's news. Many people put a great deal of emphasis on material things as a result. They will they always have to have the newest and latest item. And there is always something new coming out each and everyday. I agree with you. Contentment is the key to happiness. So many people though have not been able to figure this out. They strive after things that they shouldn't only to realize too late what they should have been focusing on.

Amazing how some people get so bent out of shape over meaningless things. People are battling cancer, living in poverty, and mourning the loss of loved ones. People always want more, more, more! You can't take any of thes gadgets or anything else with you when your life is over. We need to be grateful for the things we have. Spoiling our children is not the same as loving them and spending time with them. More people need to learn the lesson of earning the things we want in life, and then teach someone else the lesson.

Yes, I agree that contentment is a key to happiness. But I think it's just one of the "keys" to happiness. I think appreciation also plays a vital role to happiness. Usually, we start being contented with something if we appreciate it. And also end up discontented the moment we stop appreciating it or start to lose interest in them. Furthermore, I think it's also human to seek something we see as better. We always have that aim to have improvements. Philosophically, it's our natural desire for the good and perfect. But then again, I think it's a matter of identifying one's needs and wants if we would ever go and consider material things.

First, your happiness is in your own hands. And yes, if you are content it means that you have found peace in your life, that you are not stressed, have no money worries and live life as it comes. Every day you wake up is a day God has given to you. Don't sweat the small stuff and let the spirit of God guide you. Contentment is surely the key to happiness; not money and not material things, but peace in the heart.

Contentment is certainly the key to happiness. When you are content you have an overall feeling of well being. Money certainly does not buy love and contentment and I can be broke for three days straight and still be happy. I waste money and that is not a virtue or anything good. I feel guilty about this and try to even the scale. But I am always happy. When I was diagnosed with Parkinson's I was shocked and distraught for a week and then snapped out of it. I was too happy to be upset. I looked at the diagnosis as a loving note to me to get my ducks in a row. I also live my life with much more gusto now. I am living every minute to the full. I have not been aware of the preciousness of life and have just taken it for granted. Now every minute of my life counts and at 65 have never been happier.

Feelings,possessions,happiness...all to one one's heart's content. It is all that you need to gain satisfaction in abundance. In fact it is all that you need to gain and all you want so dearly.

I think contentment is not completely the key to happiness. While contentment is good at a particular point, one should not relent in life. It is important that as human we strive to attain greater height in any positive profession we are embarking on. We should not allow the struggles of life weigh us down.