Satisfaction is not guaranteed

Today, Fandango asks
“Are you satisfied with your life at the moment. If so, what is it that brings you the greatest satisfaction? If not, what might you do to achieve satisfaction in your life?”

My Dad told me I could have anything I wanted provided I saved or worked for it.
I wanted a new record player, because my friend had one for her birthday. I worked in the school holidays, putting down so much a week before that final payment and bringing it home on the bus. The cost was £17/10/0d (or £17.50p) with no interest applied as I didn’t have it on tick, which in 1969 was a lot of money for a teenager to cover.
Yes, I felt a degree of satisfaction having done that on my own, valued the record player even more because I’d bought it myself, and looked after it, which is more than my friend did with hers, spilling nail varnish remover on it, coffee cup rings on the lid, and dumping her books heavily on it when in a temper which broke the catch.

But going back to the original question

“Are you satisfied with your life at the moment. If so, what is it that brings you the greatest satisfaction? If not, what might you do to achieve satisfaction in your life?”

Yes. I am very satisfied with my life at the moment, despite current frustrations, concerns and worries. I have a man who loves me implicitly with no reservations, have beaten breast cancer (twice), owe no money, have no debt, can cover the bills, have a comfortable home, food in the cupboards, clothes on my back, and shoes on my feet.
It wasn’t always like this, which is what makes it all the more precious to maintain. However, I am not alone in any of it. I am half of an ‘Us’, one comfy slipper of a pair, and lucky to have found my Soul Mate. I couldn’t ask for anything more.
How does the saying go? ‘May you have all that you want, and want all that you have.’
And I do.