Contentment.

The idea of being content seems to be something that has been scratching at the door of my mind…

It bothers me that I realize there are so many people who shy away from anything truly exceptional, that we settle for mediocrity for various reasons, and as varied as these responses are I find that the majority of these reasons are inadequate…. they should not excuse us from pursuing something greater than what we have…

I was listening to “These Things Take Time” (Alliteration for the win…) by Sanctus Real… and one line struck me hard

“Why am I so afraid of the dark, but I stray from the light?”

I think this speaks volumes about the human condition of contentment and what I was reading about concerning things like co-dependency…

When it comes to things like pain, like being dissatisfied with life… you would assume that most people would do anything possible to try and rid themselves of these scars and these burdens that shackle them down, that prevent them from feeling truly happy

The sad truth is that many individuals would prefer to accept the pain, because it’s familiar, it’s recognizable, they know the limits it places on their lives and it leaves them with an observable boundary in their life within which they feel comfortable

It’s something they are well acquainted with, they know every last inch of every last memory and thought and feeling, they know exactly what to do with every situation that could present itself regarding this pain, and so it seems comfortable and manageable…

But I tell you this… no matter what form or shape it takes in your life

A prison, is still a prison

When it comes to my faith, I wonder if there really was more to what Jesus saw in us when He gave His life on that cross… that perhaps He wasn’t just aiming at giving us a bigger prison to live in

Luke-warmness is something that troubles me dearly, to know that there are so many people of faithliving in fear of rejection, of failure, of condemnation…. but Christ died for more than this… we weren’t just brought out of darkness to be in a dimly lit room with four walls and a door…

It’s time we started realizing what exactly Christ bought for us, what exactly He died for… it’s time to break the comfortable and familiar chains of our worlds and begin to see life anew…. life without borders… without limits

Indeed, it is time to discard contentment and pickup ambition… to find our dreams and to chase them down

Never be satisfied, there is always more… but never settle for less because it is easy or it is comfortable

Fight for what you believe in

Fight for freedom from co-dependency with your pain

Fight like your life depends on it

Because it probably does