can you ever feel content with life?

Question

It seems no madder what I do with my self or my life I can always find something wrong and dwell on it. I can tern the most simplest things into something that makes me feel bad or loose sleep over. I want to know if you can ever get a feeling of satisfaction or ever be totally content with were you stand in life or do I just have a problem!!! i feel as i should explane as to what i feel inside but i cant seem to articulate it to words. i meen i could have every thing going for me and still manage to make myself feel like sh**. if you get what im trying to say i would love to hear how others deel with "that empty feeling in your chest" please help me out

Answer 1

Before you can be happy and content with life you need to be happy and content with yourself. Take an honest look at yourself and focus on your good qualities. Do not compare yourself to others. Basically happiness comes from within. Money and material things can give you a sense of instant gratification; however, that empty feeling inside will eventually return. You need to be nice to yourself and stop punishing yourself. You need to come to the awareness that you deserve to be happy. I find when I help other people I get a wonderful feeling inside. Try little things like helping an old woman carry her bags to her car from the store or offering the person behind you in line, that only has a couple of items, to go ahead of you. I found that spreading kindness helped me to feel good about myself. Most of all be kind to yourself and don't get caught up in the race for material things/jobs/status to fill the void. I have hiked the deep parts of Africa and spent time with remote villagers who have absolutely nothing in the material sense; however, their quality of life in the happiness sense was unmeasurable. Their approach to life was to love, care for, and assist each other with daily life. They were far richer in their happiness than most developed nations. I learned alot from their culture and have applied it to my daily life. Focus on the qualities you carry now that you can utilize to make life a little easier for someone else. You will feel a sense of happiness and before long your emptiness in your chest will begin to feel full.

Answer 2

I think life was designed to be a challenge. I feel that if everyone was content then how wld we progress. sometimes u just need to analyse ur surroundings and ur lifestyle analyse ur belongings and partners. I f life was meant to be content we would all be dead or still in the dark ages. I believe ur in despair over a lost realtionship or misfortune. Always look at the irony and u will see thru when it comes to the empty feeling its ALWAYS there.

Answer 3

Before I say anything else, stop worrying. Everyone screws up.
I can guarantee you're loved no matter what you do.

First, find something you're good at or just something you like doing. (I love tennis. I suck, but I love it.)
Then, work it. Fill in that extra time.
Whenever I get that icky feeling, I go work out till I'm too tired to do anything...

The formula to sleeping well:
-Work hard during the day.
-Forgive and forget. Don't hold grudges. [This one's a killer.]
-Think of the people who love and support you.

Hold your chin up... high.
Because if you're gonna conquer this thing called life, you're not gonna do it by staring down at your feet.

Answer 4

There have been moments when I did feel completely content with every aspect of my life. Ah those were the days....

Answer 5

i got ya.
i was really sad a while back, feeling basically all numb, cold and dead. then i realized something. i have something valuable. it is not physical, it is not tangeable. it's fxcking mental, it's fxcking emotional, it's invisible and powerful and i believe in it. i mean, i may have days where i am tired, days where i feel down and pointless, but i retain my empathy and i keep that tiny flicker of hope.
i have something to give. it is comfort, it is hope. when i lose the fire i possess, when i lose the love i have to give, the drive to find beauty in this world, the will to get up every morning, i cease to be.
this week when i crashed and got depressed it was because i failed to believe in me, i failed to believe that i was worth anything. that's not true.
there's nobody to tell me it, so i have to tell myself that i will be okay. and someday i want to be the one to tell someone they're going to be okay. i want to be there for somebody.
i want to put out love, i want to spread it all over the goddamn world. that's what i live for.

you are not shxt, you are amazing, you are fxcking beautiful and you're going to be fine. force yourself to get up every morning even if it's only to see what happens. things will get better for you, i promise. life is for the taking- this is yours and this is now. have fun with it. you're free. peace <3

Answer 6

You need to look inside yourself, there's nothing wrong with life, life just is, after all there are many happy people walking around all the time. Introspect.

Answer 7

wait a minute
sounds like u are already in a relationship and unhappy with that...hey hey are u in love with someone else?

Answer 8

Have a relationship so you can just cuddle and have that on your mind. Good therapy.

Answer 9

Just like your avatar name: "idontknow"

Answer 10

no one can ever be content with their life.
it's human nature.
you just accept that fact and you'll be okay.