Godliness with Contentment is Great Gain

So says 1 Timothy 6:6.

Contentment is, potentially, a difficult trait to possess.

I have periods in my life where I found it extremely challenging to be contented with status quo. I hold on to something too strongly, like some fat black dog in the precinct of 80 Bodmin Drive hanging on to his bone for dear life, refusing to budge and let go, even retaliating with growls and potential bites when threats abound.

The stubborn streak in me has somewhat changed. From the outward obstinance and dominance that comes with self-righteous confidence to an inner custody of principles and ideals. Something I can't fathom myself. Why can't I just snap out of that mindset and approach? It's as if I'm just willing myself to be like that, holding on to the misery and the circumstances that I'm compelled to be in. Nothing good or positive can emerge as long as I remain in those circumstances.

I'm reminded that peace with others comes only when I have peace in God. Instead of trying to find peace in the circumstance that I am in by my own means, only trust in the Lord and find peace in Him, and all other issues will be laid to rest. Anyway my mission on this temporal earth is to spread the gospel of peace and try and get many as possible to heaven right?

And THAT is my lifelong career, not in any Jurong skyscraper or not.