Somewhere, today and every day, the wife he had not ceased to love enjoyed the contentment he had been unable to give her.
Just under two years later, the soldier-poet Siegfried Sassoon found himself sitting At Carnoy enjoying the contentment of a summer sunset, despite the knowledge that morning would bring an engagement that could easily have seen the lease's final termination for him and his comrades.
Should the very poor be left to enjoy their relative contentment?
If only I could stop striving after some alternate reality, maybe I'd step off the wheel of Samsara and enjoy a quiet contentment, freed from the cycles of elation and despair.
China answered with what amounted to a propaganda campaign: Hua Chunying, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said in Beijing that "Uighurs live and work in peace and contentment and enjoy freedom of religion under the rules in the Constitution". State-run Chinese news organizations published articles and Twitter posts about Uighurs in China fasting during Ramadan.
Anyone who walks by the dining cube during lunch is always tempted to stop and enjoy some fun conversation, quiet contentment, relaxation, good company and delicious food".
While I agree with their historical assessment, I take issue with their implicit contentment to sit back, enjoy the prosperity, and let large, impersonal social forces do the job of eliminating war.
"No disrespect to Rotherham, going up would be very difficult with them, but having said that, there's a lot to be said for contentment, and a working environment I enjoy.
For Majd, contentment lies in being able to enjoy the simple pleasures many others take for granted.
Close your eyes, take notes, enjoy this moment of bliss, and bask in contentment.
I remembered what they said: it's meant to be this happy time, but… So maybe it's time that marketing relented, and stopped flogging us the family Christmas contentment we aren't all lucky enough to enjoy.
