"When someone said count your blessings now
'fore they're long gone,
I guess I just didn't know how,
I was all wrong.
They knew better,
Still you said forever,
And ever,
Who knew."
- From the song 'Who Knew' by Pink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJWIbIe0N90

What can happen when you are not contented with what you have and want more (it all)...

Fable: The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
In words - http://www.storyit.com/Classics/Stories/goldengooseegg.htm
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dMBKgSlUPg

'To kill the Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs' is an idiom used of an unprofitable action motivated by greed.

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."
- Oprah Winfrey

"He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."
- Socrates

"You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled."
- Charles H. Spurgeon

MainMessageForToday
Stories, fables, words of wisdom warn us to be contented with what we have because chasing riches/money or going after that something that is better can lead us to temptation, lead us to make horrible choices, lead us down the wrong path, and lead us to destruction.  

From the song 'I Am Blessed' by Eternal:

So if I should complain
That all I have is not enough,
Forgive me, I've been given so much.

And I am blessed, every time I look into my baby's eyes,
I think of all the friends who've touched my life,
I realize in a world where some have more and some have less,
I have love and I am blessed.

https://youtu.be/AvDPQzBbWfQ

"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
- Lao Tzu

"We need much less than we think we need."
- Maya Angelou

MainMessageForToday
Sometimes we forget to enjoy the small and simple things that make us happy and make life worth living. These things should make us content.

Theme for the week: Contentment, which follows the previous theme/topic Ambition.