I have everything that I need but not everything that I want. The things that I want can't be purchased.
Same here. Except maybe I do want air conditioning, and a garage, but I'd have to move, and I don't want to do that.
Well, no. Would love to have a newer vehicle, instead of putting a new/rebuilt engine into the one we have, but....... Would also like to have a newer boat, but the one we got will do. Would also like to live in a house, but, like the newer vehicle and newer boat, can't afford it either. But, then again, we have each other, which includes lots and lots of love.
Alaskans are "preppers" by nature, as we have so many a varied disasters here. We have to have everything we need or risk perishing.
I am not unhappy so I must be happy Right? Content might be a better description of my present sate of being. I am not happy about the current overall status of the country nor of the ongoing Virus effects. I am happy that I suffer no pains, am well fed and well clothed.
I would say that except for my health concerns, I am happy. Or maybe "content" would be a better descriptor.
A good wife, a comfortable house on a quiet street, good neighbors, wonderful children, grand children and son-in-laws, a reliable car, good groceries, and as many smiles as I can get. I will also add my brothers and sisters who I attend church with, along with a pastor who is a man of God.