Contentment
Contentment has learned how to find out what she needs to know. Last year
she went on a major housecleaning
spree. First, she stood on her
head until all of the extra facts fell
out. Then she discarded about half of her house. Now she knows
where everything comes from--
who dyed the yarn dark green and who
wove the rug and who built the loom, who
made the willow chair, who planted the
apricot trees. She made the turquoise
mugs herself with clay she found
in the hills above her house.
When contentment is sad, she
takes a mud bath or goes to
the mountains until her
lungs are clear. When
she walks through
an unfamiliar neighborhood
she always makes
friends
with the
local cats.
From The Book of Qualities by J. Ruth Gendler
Love The Book of Qualities! I used it during Jesuit Volunteer Corps a lot!!!
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