Contentment: Happiness in one's own situation.
At the beginning of life is birth, during which we suffer, and at the end of our life is death, during which we also suffer. Between these two come aging and illness. No matter how wealthy you are or how physically fit you are, you have to suffer through these circumstances.
THIS is not good news for me. I do not like to suffer. I do not care where in the arc of my life the suffering occurs. It is an unwelcome sensation. I'm still sure that there is a loophole in there somewhere and I mean to find it.
On top of this comes discontentment. You want more and more and more. This, in a sense, is real poverty - always to be hungry, hungry, hungry with no time to be satisfied. Others might not be rich, but contentment provides them with fewer worries, fewer enemies, fewer problems, and very good sleep.
More: In greater quantity, amount, or proportion.
I need more. I don't have enough. What I have might run out and you have more than I have, anyway, which isn't fair. Once I get enough then I'll be happy.
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