Sikhism·Raag Todee·Shabad 5
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Contentment Isn't Having Everything but Not Grabbing

ਆਗਿਆ ਤੁਮਰੀ ਮੀਠੀ ਲਾਗਉ ਕੀਓ ਤੁਹਾਰੋ ਭਾਵਉ ॥
aagi-aa tumree meethee laaga-o kee-o tuhaaro bhaava-o.
Your Will seems so sweet to me; whatever You do, is pleasing to me.
ਜੋ ਤੂ ਦੇਹਿ ਤਹੀ ਇਹੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤੈ ਆਨ ਨ ਕਤਹੂ ਧਾਵਉ ॥੨॥
jo too deh tahee ih tariptai aan na kathoo Dhaava-o. ||2||
Whatever You give me, with that I am satisfied; I shall chase after no one else. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Whatever You want feels sweet to me; whatever You do, I'm at peace with it.

Whatever You give, that's enough — I won't go chasing after anyone else.

Contentment isn't having everything — it's no longer needing to grab at anything.
The deeper layer

This is bhaanaa — glad acceptance of the way things unfold — in its purest form: "Your Will seems so sweet to me." It is not passive resignation or telling anyone to accept mistreatment. It is the inner freedom of someone who has stopped fighting reality itself, who trusts the deep flow (Hukam) enough that they no longer need to grab and chase ("I shall chase after no one else"). Contentment here is not having little; it is needing to grasp nothing.

A Question to Sit With

What's it like to want something so badly you keep chasing it? What would 'enough' feel like?

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