Contentedness

Contentedness is a good state of being. It really is. Sometimes we just need something that makes us smile. It's those moments...or hours, that just make it all okay. It's being able to forget the world around you if only for a little bit, to let go of time, to just sit back and let life go, see what happens, fall into happiness.

It doesn't happen nearly often enough, but it's because of that that it's so nice, that each and every times contentedness sets in, it's something worth noting. Perhaps there's not much to be said of it, really. It's just a certain sense of everything working for a time, no matter how brief. It's smiling for seemingly no reason, not caring about the rest of the world, just letting it all go by and being happy about the fact that sometimes we have no control over any of it.

Maybe it doesn't mean anything, not in the long run, not right now. Maybe it doesn't matter. But in that case, why not make the most of it? There is, ultimately, no harm done in enjoying simple pleasures, in laughing and smiling at whatever may come to pass. It may not end well, it may not be the most rational decision ever.

But that's just too damn bad. Some things in life are too good to miss out on because of what may or may not happen in the future and what may or may not have happened in the past. The world isn't going to fall apart because of one rash, spontaneous decision...especially when that decision can lead to any form of happiness.