Little: I Need “A Heart to Be Contented”

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2017

⏱️ 1 minutes

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In 1662, Samuel Pepys made a diary entry that reminds me that to be happy, I have to keep a contented heart. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Gretchen Rubin. This is a little happier.
0:04.0	Here's a passage that I love from the diary of Samuel Peeps, and this is back from February
0:11.0	1662. Peeps writes,
0:14.0	This day by God's mercy, I am 29 years of age, and in very good health, and like to live and get in a state.
0:21.0	And if I have a heart to be contented, I think I may reckon myself as happy a man as any is in the world.
0:27.0	And I love this passage, and it actually inspired one of my resolutions in the Happiness Project to keep a contented heart.
0:34.0	Because I realize, you know, no matter what's happening in my life, I'm going to be happy only if I have a heart to be contented.
0:42.0	And I often, I'm sort of, dogged by fretfulness, by my minor annoyances, my complaints about little inconveniences,
0:50.0	my irritation with little mistakes or oversights by others. And I think, you know, the only way that I really can be happy is if I have a heart to be contented.
1:01.0	I'm Gretchen Rubin, and I hope this makes your week a little happier.

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