295: The Gift of Discontentment (yep, that's no typo)

The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

Shannon Ables

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

"Discontent is the first necessity of progress." - Thomas Edison

True contentment runs like a river feeding our everyday lives with constant inner peace.

Whether the weather for the day is a turbulent snow storm or a sunny Blue Bird day as we call them in Bend, the river of True Contentment continues to run so long as we feed it with conscious awareness and staying fully present much like a healthy snowpack which keeps the river flowing throughout the entire year.

To reach the river of True Contentment we have to create the map for ourselves, not find the map which already exists because it doesn't. It doesn't exist in a bookstore, a welcome vestibule at the beginning of your journey, no. And it is even more interesting to note, the map to true contentment is not an entire life-long journey. Rather, it is a map which materializes as we each navigate forward, choosing to learn and hone skills along the way, asking the scary questions our lives present and trust ourselves walk forward alone.

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0:00.0	Thank you for tuning in to the simple sophisticated podcast, the show that is part of the simply luxurious life online destination.
0:08.0	Visit the blog The Simply Luxurious Life.com to find the show notes for each podcast episode as well as much more weekly content
0:15.2	to elevate your everyday and deepen your contentment from recipes motivational
0:20.0	posts videos of the cooking show series, Style and Decor Inspiration, French and British inspired content,
0:26.7	and the reader's favorite regular weekly post, This and That, which goes live on the blog every Friday. Now to today's episode. Welcome to the simple sophisticated podcast where
0:47.8	intelligent living is paired with signature style. I'm your host Shannon Ables and whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a cafe a l'A. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 295th episode of the simple sophisticated. Today we're going to talk about contentment, but by the way of
1:28.0	discontentment. Now that may seem you know contradictory on the surface, but as we dig deeper in today's topic, I think you'll find
1:37.8	that there are some wonderful positives to realize when discontentment appears or is recognized or felt in our lives.
1:49.0	Now, before we get to all of that, we have a petit place here.
1:52.1	It is a series on television that I thoroughly
1:56.0	enjoyed unexpectedly so and I'll explain why and what I enjoy it about it and why you
2:01.0	might as well if you haven't already.
2:03.4	But let's get back to today's episode.
2:05.0	We have three more new episodes for 2020.
2:08.9	And I'm excited to bring them to you.
2:11.1	Let's get into episode 295. The gift of discontentment. Nope, that is not a
2:17.8	typo. This contentment can be a gift. And I want to begin with this quote from Thomas Edison,
2:23.2	discontent is the first necessity of progress.
2:28.2	End quote. True contentment runs like a river feeding our everyday lives with constant inner peace.
2:39.0	Whether the weather for the day is a turbulent snowstorm or a sunny blue bird day as we call them here and bend,
2:45.3	the river of true contentment continues to run so long as we feed it with conscious awareness and
2:51.5	staying fully present, much like a healthy snow pack in the mountains,
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