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Contentment

At the top of the blog, in the blog header, with much time, consideration and polishing over the years, the succinct definition of what it means to live simply luxuriously is shared – the art of living a life of quality over quantity – and with each post, in a variety of different areas of our lives, I do my best to share with you how to cultivate true contentment which is living a life of quality over quantity.

The “quality’ speaks to the depth of experience, meaning, feeling, purpose, connection (with others and ourselves) and clarity along with so many other core components that contribute to living well in our everydays, and it is the letting go of the idea of more, thus choosing to subtract and let go that is a skill so powerful, its contradiction of loss in order to gain boggles the nascent mind and challenges us and our approach to living if we have heretofore equated more with good and less with bad.

As the core principle of what living simply luxuriously is is True Contentment, I knew I needed to create a specific Contentment category.

As shared on the home page of this blog and in October 16th entry of The Road to Le Papillon: Daily Meditations on True Contentment, true contentment allows us to live peacefully in our everydays no matter what the day’s events, our emotions (negative or positive) or world news. Cultivating contentment provides stability of the mind as we engage with love, openness, presence, and kindness to others and ourselves. And as this is a concept often errantly conflated with Happiness, I wanted to create a category that specifically included posts to explore in-depth this topic. To know true contentment, to strive for it, and now to exercise the key skills to maintain it in my everydays has changed my life profoundly and profoundly for the better.

I consider TSLL to be a thinking person’s online community for cultivating an everyday life you love living and that grounds you in fulfilling purpose all the while remaining open to possibility. In other words, a blog that inspires you to think for yourself, to keep an open-mind, to forever remain curious, to find strength in your awesomeness, and find no need to compete with other’s ideas of how they have discovered they enjoy living well. In other words, it is a journey of our heart and involves the courage to explore what is revealed. May one or many of the following posts inspire you along your own journey to and in continuation of strengthening your true contentment.

Stand Up With Determination and Hope

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Monday April 4, 2011

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Why Not . . . Read? Part Une

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Wednesday March 30, 2011

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Tap Into Your Gifts
Tap Into Your Gifts

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Monday March 28, 2011

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How To Create Opportunities

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Monday March 21, 2011

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Why Not . . . Be An Optimist? Part Trois

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Why Not . . . Be An Optimist? Part Deux

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Create Your Own Unique Destiny
Create Your Own Unique Destiny

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Monday March 7, 2011

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Why Not . . . Be An Optimist?

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Why Not . . . Work Hard?

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Through Struggle Comes Success
Through Struggle Comes Success

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Monday February 21, 2011

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Why Not . . . Have Patience?
Why Not . . . Have Patience?

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Wednesday February 16, 2011

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Why Not . . . Watch Less Television?

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Concentrate Your Power
Concentrate Your Power

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Monday February 7, 2011

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Why Not . . . Become A Better Listener? Part Deux

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Little By Little Grand Things Are Achieved
Little By Little Grand Things Are Achieved

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Monday January 31, 2011

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Dealing With The Unknowns In Life
Dealing With The Unknowns In Life

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Monday January 24, 2011

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Discover Yourself And Set Yourself Free
Discover Yourself And Set Yourself Free

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Monday January 17, 2011

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Let Passion Be Your Fuel
Let Passion Be Your Fuel

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Why Not . . . Achieve Your Dreams? Part Trois

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Wednesday December 22, 2010

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Shine Beautifully Despite The Darkness

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Monday December 20, 2010

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Why Not . . . Achieve Your Dreams? Part Deux

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Wednesday December 15, 2010

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With Balance And Determination

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Monday December 13, 2010

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Why Not . . . Achieve Your Dreams?
Why Not . . . Achieve Your Dreams?

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Owning Your ‘Uniqueness’
Owning Your ‘Uniqueness’

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Monday November 29, 2010

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To live intelligently, thoughtfully and sincerely each day to experience fulfilling true contentment every day.

Thank you for visiting TSLL.

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Oh my goodness, yep, YUM! In today's new episode, stop by the blog and watch how to make (it so very simple!) Papperdelle or Tagliatelle Bolognese. @tsllcookingshow #tsllrecipe
A new post on the blog today, the monthly Smile post sharing 10 Things That Made Me Smile This Month and this is definitely one of them. More about what is going on here in the post!
Rain on the garden yesterday and all night-long, and now a touch of sunshine on the emerging Labyrinth dahlia. @lepapillongarden #tsllgarden
The first week of autumn begins with a pumpkin, a gift of a good book from a kindred spirit and continued weekend newspaper reading. Not a bad way to conclude a Monday in my book. 😌💛 #tsllsimpleluxuries #tsllreads

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