A college batchmate posted a number of philosophical questions in his blog. Some of the questions are:

"How do you achieve contentment?"

"What is the purpose of free will when God has already laid out a plan for your life?"

Right now, I’m also in the period of life where I’m finding the answers to the same questions. This is the reason why I’m currently on sabbatical leave from work and doing soul-searching. I don’t know what hit me. I was suddenly inspired to answer those questions after coming home from youth young adults ministry service. This is my reply to the questions he posted:

He has a plan for us but it’s still up to us if we will follow His plan or not. Maybe contentment is elusive because we are trying to be the one in control of our lives when it should be Him. God knows us very well… he knows us better than we know ourselves… he knows our talents, abilities, faults and weaknesses. It is in His path that we can find contentment.

In my room, there’s a poster that was placed by my mom when I was still a child. There’s a quote in there that says:

"Contentment is not getting what we want but being satisfied with what we have."

Being satisfied with what we have doesn’t mean that we should not crave for something better. Being satisfied means that if you want something and it was not given to you… you’ll be able to say… "Nah! That’s alright. Maybe there’s something better in store for me! Or maybe now is not the right time…"

I would just like to share this because I know there are many people who are trying to answer the same questions. Maybe my reply can help enlighten people. :)