Contentment

Paradoxical as it seemed the Master always insisted that the true reformer was one who was able to see that everything is perfect as it is – and able to leave it alone.
“Then why would he wish to reform anything?” protested the disciples?
“Well, there are reformers and there are reformers: One type lets action flow through them while they themselves do nothing; these are like people who change the shape and flow of a river. The others generate their own activity; they are like people who exert themselves to make the river wetter.”

from Anthony de Mello, One Minute Wisdom