Contentment

Chris Maxwell

We live in a culture drunk on dopamine hits and addicted to the “adrenaline of achievement.” We are a people perpetually out of breath, running on the treadmill of “more.” We scroll through the curated highlight reels of others, trapped in a cycle of social media comparison that whispers the same lie over and over: You are not enough. You should be further along. You are falling behind.

In this exhausting pursuit of the next big thing, we often miss the life that is happening right in front of us. We assume peace is a prize to be won after we finally cross a finish line that keeps moving. We treat satisfaction as a status to achieve only when our circumstances are perfect, our bank accounts are full, and our dreams have all come true.

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