# Contentment vs Acceptance

- Link: https://www.andreidraganescu.info/2017/03/01/contentment-vs-acceptance/
- Published: 2017-03-01T18:24:14+03:00
- Author: Andrei Draganescu

Being content you are not motivated for action anymore. Contentment is when you 
have found your place or the state that comforts you and you are almost happy, mildly
achieved happiness.

Contentment exactly does settle. That’s what it means to be content. to chill in
a bliss, a state that springs from the depths of gratitude.

Acceptance on the other hand is the motivator. Lost a limb? Accept it and learn 
to use the other better. Alone and poor? Accept it so you’ll have the time to pull
yourself out. In theory. I haven’t lost a limb, neither am I alone or poor, just
illustrating a point. The point that acceptance frees time for action, instead of
being angry about a situation, instead of fighting the reality which you live, you
accept things and work your way up from there on.

Acceptance is a form of letting go of attitudes, ideas, past and so on. Acceptance
doesn’t settle but instead it helps one reinterpret their experiences.

Contentment is a desirable state that _fills_ time. In a content state you are not
driven to change anything because that’s why you are content, because of the way
things are.