'Have I stopped dreaming?' 'Why am I not as stressed?' 'Why am I not on the 'move' like most people of my age?' Is something really amiss?'

Guilt in Contentment?

Is there really such a thing as guilt in feeling contented?

"Guilt may come from comparing your living conditions to others and not living up to your own standards. It arises from unreasonable demands on yourself especially when you fashion your life to someone else's," wrote Maxwell Maltz, M.D., F.IC.S.O. in Psycho Cybernetics.

Comparing yourself to others may also be an offshoot of the unreasonable demands, pressures or expectations coming from well meaning people around us.

And even if you are not in the habit of stealing glimpses in the lives of other people, you might just gradually do that to check on your progress.

Then you chide yourself for not pushing hard enough.

It is not your business to please or make an impact on anyone actually.

When you believe you have a balanced life, that you do your best in any circumstance you are in, and you hurt no one, not even yourself while experiencing this contentment bliss, it is enough reason to rejoice without feeling undervalued.