Day 730 – Which Tent Do You Live In? – Wisdom Unplugged

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy Welcome to Day 730 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom Which Tent Do You Live In? – Wisdom Unplugged Thank you for joining us for our 5 days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. This is Day 730 of our trek, and it is time for a 3-minute mini-trek called Wisdom Unplugged. This short nugget of wisdom includes an inspirational quote with a little additional content for today’s trek. Consider this your vitamin supplement of wisdom for today. So let’s jump right in with today’s nugget: Today’s quote is from John Maxwell, and it is, &#8220;All persons live in one of two tents, content or discontent. In which do you live?&#8221; Which Tent Do You Live In? The contented person looks beyond circumstances and sees a better day; the discontented person looks at the circumstances and sees no other way. The contented person understands the purpose for which he was born; the discontented person looks at others’ success with a face filled with scorn. The contented person has surrendered to a purpose that demands his best; the discontented person has selfishly hoarded much and, grasping for more, will not rest. The contented person has placed his values on things that will forever last; the discontented person has placed his values on things that will soon be past. The contented person is anchored to clear goals and is hardly every swayed; the discontented person has no goals to anchor him and is usually dismayed. The contented person counts his blessings and names them one by one; the discontented person counts others’ blessings and thinks that he will have no fun. As the Apostle Paul wrote to his protégé Timothy in 1 Timothy 6:7-8, <span style="color:...