Discontent occurs when our outer experiences aren’t matching our inner desires. It usually begins as a subtle awareness — a gnawing feeling that we are capable of something more than we are actually creating or we are tolerating circumstances that are below our standards. In its early stages, discontent is fairly easy to overlook or conceal from ourselves. But like a glowing ember, the heat of discontent builds slowly over time until it becomes a blazing fire that can no longer be ignored. By then our discontent captures our full attention and, hopefully, if we are not stuck in our shadows, we are motivated into action.
Whether it shows up in the area of our jobs, our bodies, or our relationships with our spouse or our kids, the sensation of discontent blows past our egos and our logic, insisting that we are destined for much, much more than we are currently living. The natural human reaction when faced with such a powerful and uncomfortable emotion is to blame it on someone or something else in order to ease our own pain. (My kids are spoiled. My metabolism isn’t what it used to be. My job is too demanding). But I’d like to offer you another, more empowering way to perceive it: Your discontent is a tap on the shoulder from your most magnificent self, trying to awaken you to your true potential and reveal parts of yourself that are ready to be expressed. What if there’s a cosmic joke here? Discontent is actually your most powerful ally on your journey to a life of greater fulfillment.
What if you listened to the subtle urgings of your discontent, rather than making it someone else’s fault or keeping it at bay?
What if you could penetrate the denial of your own actions and choices and take radical responsibility for where you are right now?
What if you not only listened to your discontent but courted it, took it to lunch or out for an afternoon stroll and received full-heartedly the messages it is trying to convey?
There is a big, bold, unexpressed gift waiting and wanting to be born. Your discontent is the proverbial messenger whispering in your ear, "It’s time to upgrade your relationship with your body, with your spouse, with your money, with your children, so that it reflects your highest vision and your deepest values."
This week, crack the code of your discontent and open up to the divine gifts that are waiting to be claimed.
A very Heavenly way to view discontent! Thanks!
Thanks sometimes it can take the smallest shift in our perception of something, and a new approach.