Andrea -vs- Restless and Over-content

Over-content?  Is that even a word?  Who knows…

Content is defined as “in a state of peaceful happiness”, satisfied, pleased, fulfilled, happy, cheerful, glad…  So if I am content, then I’m in a state of peaceful happiness!  Yes!  I am content!  Is it possible to be over-content?  Too happy?  Too satisfied?  Too fulfilled?  I DON’T THINK SO!  I do think it’s possible to feel a restlessness and a craving for more while also being in a state of peaceful happiness.  (“Being in a state of peaceful happiness” is going to be my new favorite phrase!)

Most of my life I have worked, dreamed, pushed, pulled, and striven for goals that seemed to escape my grasp.  I planned the work, I worked the plan, and I prayed for help.  I don’t know if it was my hard work, patience, or divine intervention that caused all my dreams to come true, but they have.  Seriously, I met the man of my dreams.  We live in the most perfect place.  I was able to make a severe career change that has impacted my life dramatically.  I really couldn’t ask for more!  And now that I am settling in to my new life I think I may have post-project depression.  The project of getting my life to arrive where I wanted it to be, that is.  Now, I’m not really depressed.  I’m simply in a state of peaceful happiness that is so new to me that I don’t even know what to do with myself!  Currently I am looking deep and searching for what’s next.  It is not from a place of discontentment.  It is from a place of me wanting to give more, be more, love more, help more, and pour more of this peaceful happiness out into the world.  And I don’t feel guilty for being in a state of peaceful happiness.  I hope you find it too.