contentment

'tis the season.. for contentment..eh?

you can't have everything.
where would you put it?
                  ~ steven wright

any so-called material thing
that you want is merely a symbol:
you want it not for itself,
but because it will content
your spirit for the moment.
           ~ mark twain


many go fishing all their lives
without knowing that it is not
fish they are after.
               ~ thoreau

santosha..
knowing when enough is enough..
if you had enough, would you recognize it?

may i remembre impermanence and death from my heart
and generate the thought of no-need in my mind ~

the feast of satisfaction -
i give because my heart is too full;
it cannot contain all that it has.
            ~ the sun moves northward

and may it be just so ~