The thing we call contentment is really harmony between man and his environment. Harmony between elements of the psyche. We might call it organismic balance. To love and be loved, to be self-directing, to understand and be understood. All these create contentment. And, their counterparts, once expressed, bring you back to balance. Love – sadness, self directing – frustration, understanding – anxiety. Each has its place, and in expression, without abuse toward others, each will cycle back in time to its counterpart. When I express my sadness I will find love when the sadness turns full circle, it is after all just an expression of love…