Satisfaction?

I can’t get no satisfaction
I can’t get no satisfaction
’cause i try and i try and i try and i try
I can’t get no, i can’t get no
                — M. Jagger, Keith Richards

I was thinking about contentment yesterday. This is a state of being that I have difficulty achieving. Part of the reason for this is that I am a "planner" by nature. Much of my effort is focused on the future. Therefore the present contains a certain level of "non-contentment."

Like any good writer, I decided I should look up the dictionary definition of contentment. Maybe then I could discover its path! Contentment is being satisfied. I looked up satisfaction, it is being contented. Satisfied. I am sure there is some great history to these words, something about being satiated or enjoying the content of one’s life, but I am not really interested in the history of the word, I am interested in attaining contentment or as The Rolling Stones, inspired by Keith Richards mid-sleep ramblings, said so well, "Satisfaction, I can’t get no!"

Right now, my son Ben is calling me to help him build a train track. I think this will be satisfaction for him. I am going to go and do it…