On contentment
What is here
Don't ruin the things you have by wanting what you don't have, but realize that they too are things you once did wish for.
Let tomorrow’s wishes leave room for today’s joys.
Sources
Epicurus · Vatican Sayings 35
Peter Saint-Andre translation.
The Vatican Sayings preserve a collection of Epicurean maxims. This reading invites appreciation of present goods, not acceptance of harmful circumstances or abandonment of worthwhile aims.