Advice I Need....

....and have needed, and will continue to need.....

I read some advice on contentment over at The Purple Cellar. You can find the original post here but I wanted to post the main points as well. These steps to contentment are from E. B. Pusey, a 19th century church leader.

1. Allow thyself to complain of nothing, not even of the weather.
2. Never picture thyself under any circumstances in which thou art not.
3. Never compare thine own lot with that of another.
4. Never allow thyself to dwell on the wish that this or that had been, or were, otherwise than it was, or is. God Almighty loves thee better and more wisely than thou dost thyself.
5. Never dwell on the morrow. Remember that it is God's, not thine. The heaviest part of sorrow often is to look forward to it. "The Lord will provide."

2, 3, and 4 are particularly helpful for me. I should probably be reminded of this list quite often. So feel free to remind me.