Change

Chances are if you are reading this there is something about yourself that you want to change. All that means is that you are somehow discontent with your current situation. Don’t think that is a bad thing, I’m not saying whether your current situation is good or bad only that if you desire change it is because you believe your current situation is lacking in some way specifically it is lacking whatever you want your situation to change into.
            If you want to lose five pounds that means you are discontent with your current weight and your current situation is lacking a skinnier you. If you want a raise that means that you are discontent with your current pay and your situation is lacking money. The path to happiness is often paved with discontentment. Recognizing that helps us to change so that we don't remain in discontentment.

*This seems a bit obvious but how many of us want to be happy not understanding the role of unhappiness in the process.  It's all dualistic. I look back at times when I was younger and I didn't feel happy at the time but I look back on those moments as simpler happier times. It's the contrast, being happy sometimes happens not in the moment but after the moment ends. Discontentment is valuable information. It tells us what to change. Numb the discontentment with anything but change and it will only get louder.