My Contentment Project

 I started listening to “The Happiness Project” today on Libby. It’s part of the fall reading challenge for work. I’ve also recently read 5 or 6 books listed on my good reads. 

Rather than focusing on being content instead of happiness I thought about doing the project. The way I see it I’m a bit past my midlife as mid life was based on the average life expectancy of 76 for women in the United States. That would put me at 16 years beyond the middle and the fact that a broken leg decreases that average by 7 years. Which means about 15 more years of life left for me to be content. And live with peace and serenity.

On my long walk with Fritz tonight while Martin was at work I thought about contentment 

And gratitude 

About how the two are intertwined 

The more you look for things that bring the feeling of being contented the more you find 

The look at the sky kind of things 

The stop and pet the dog kind of things 

The listening to an audiobook and enjoying a beautiful evening kind of things 

And I wondered 

15 years 

Of laughter 

And love 

And long and winding roads like the path we found last night while Divy was at ski team training 

That lead to new places and sunshine on the mountains 

And the smell after rain 

2 geese on the pond

The clouds at sunset 

Covered bridges 

And long conversations