He who goes about whining all day long about some imaginary drawbacks in the sphere which Providence has assigned him when all the while he is situated so much better than thousands around—is a suicide of his own happiness! He is also impeaching the faithfulness of the Supreme Ordainer and Disposer.
One half of life's enjoyment is eaten out by this sinful craving after what cannot be obtained the desire for something supposed to be better. Yes, but when "the better" is reached, there is the yearning for an imagined "better" still. This is building air-castle upon air-castle!
If in these days there be one household demon more than another which needs to be exorcized it is the demon of discontent!
Oh, for the spirit of Paul poor and lonely prisoner in Rome as he was an apparent bankrupt in all that the world deems wealth and affluence yet who could make this entry in his letter to his Philippian friends "I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. At the moment I have all I need more than I need!"
~John Macduff~
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