Even those with serious chronic illnesses enjoyed a sense of calm and contentment.
Is there a special place that I associate with calm and contentment: a favourite beach, say, or a familiar mountain top?
The modern disparagement of calm and contentment as complacency and the touting of 'change' as if all change were good reverse the predominant bias in favor of stability and inaction in traditional societies and past civilizations, expressed, for example, in Plato's and Aristotle's view of the best life and society.
Those who practice correctly tend to experience a calm and contentment as they walk through life.
Happy people make specific behavioral and attitudinal choices that leave them with feelings of well being, calm, and contentment, and these choices are entirely cognitive - that is, they are conscious choices to act certain ways.
Like so many others who practice mindfulness, I have a greater sense of calm and contentment, greater enjoyment and engagement in my life, greater self awareness and self acceptance -- and for me a big one -- an increased ability to slow down and not get caught up in automatic reactions and busyness.
Exercise, especially when combined with a varied and healthful diet, can help stabilize and improve mood, reduce impulsivity, relieve anxiety and irritability, aid in sleep, boost energy, and promote feelings of calm and contentment.
Christine is warm, calm and radiates contentment.
Oxford, Mississippi Courthouse Square, the focal point of Oxford, Mississippi, is a place I've learned to associate with a sensation of calm, almost sleepy contentment.
By Hendrik Hertzberg March 8, 2010 Oxford, Mississippi Courthouse Square, the focal point of Oxford, Mississippi, is a place I've learned to associate with a sensation of calm, almost sleepy contentment.
