Your concern is not so much to have what you love anymore, but to love what you have—right now.

Know that things are okay as they are. This moment is as perfect as it can be. The saints called this the "sacrament of the present moment.

If you don't know how to be happy with what you have, you will never be happy with more.

Gratitude asks, "Why me? Why do I get all that I have?" David modeled this kind of gratitude when he prayed, "Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?"15 Years later, his son would write, "It is better to be satisfied with what you have than to be always wanting something else.

We accept our humanity intellectually, but not emotionally. When faced with our own limitations, we react with irritation, anger, and resentment. We want to be taller (or shorter), smarter, stronger, more talented, more beautiful, and wealthier. We want to have it all and do it all, and we become upset when it doesn't happen. Then when we notice that God gave others characteristics we don't have, we respond with envy, jealousy, and self-pity.

Envy asks, "Why them? Why do they get what I don't have?" Gratitude asks, "Why me? Why do I get all that I have?" David

He wants you to enjoy life, not just endure it.

it's easy to forget that the pursuit of happiness is not what life is about.

Solomon noted that envy is the reason why most people overwork!

We all long for heaven where God is, but we have it in our power to be in heaven with him right now-to be happy with him at this very moment. But being happy with him now means.

Most Christians expect little from God, ask little, and therefore receive little and are content with little.

To become a better you, you must be positive towards yourself, develop better relationships, embrace the place where you are.