The word ‘content’ as an adjective is becoming more and more obscure in today’s language. I looked up the word ‘content’ in the dictionary and the meaning was as follows; ‘Satisfied with what one is or has; not wanting more or anything else’. Another dictionary defined contentment as a ‘feeling of or showing satisfaction with one’s possession, status or situation.
I am sure if we take a poll of people who are contented in line with the above definitions, the statistics will show a very low figure. This leads us to the question, should we be contented with what we have or where we are? Would that not put us in danger of being complacent?
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