life on the fence: craving ice cream

have you ever had something that you wanted so badly, but that always seemed just out of your reach? it's as if everyone around you is enjoying heaping waffle cones of cherry chocolate chunk ice cream (with whipped cream and nuts), but you can't quite figure out where they got them. you ask, but no one seems to give you the right answers for getting your own. you hope your eyes don't betray you as you tell others how happy you are for them - and, indeed, you are happy for them as they are having a great time enjoying theirs - but, your happiness for them is tainted by your wish for one too.

contentment is a tricky thing. on the one hand, it is good to be content and to accept where you are. on the other hand, to be content is to stall on striving for more. the risk of contentment is complacency, and complacency is a dangerous road to travel.