Cultivating Santosha: The Art of True Contentment

Today in Philosophy we talked about Santosha-contentment...It's pretty easy to feel contentment in Maui! However we still can find things to complain about! We were so surprised when we checked into our apartment that we did not have air conditioning. What? It's 90 degrees every day. How can we possibly sleep without the air on? We found a couple of fans and sleep under a sheet every night. We actually don't miss it at all. We hang our cloths out to dry and walk to the grocery store for supplies. Today we went to the fruit stand and bought passion fruit ,pineapple and fresh flowers for our room. Even though we miss our family and friends we have complete santosha in Maui. We are so happy to be here expanding our knowledge on our love-Yoga. Try to find peace with your lifestyle even while experiencing little difficulties. We should accept that there is purpose for everything and we cultivate contentment to accept what happens. It means being happy with what we have rather than thinking unhappy thoughts about what we don't have.