Trey Knowles’ “Contentment” is a funny stand-up piece that flips the so-called American Dream on its head. We’re told to live to work and work to prepare for death — but that’s not the life God designed for you. That’s the life the enemy sells. While the world pushes life insurance, God already prepared the way for eternal life. He’s done the heavy lifting. The pressure is off. Your job isn’t to grind yourself into the ground — it’s to live, trust, and learn how to be content.
00:00However, have people get mad at you because you enjoy your life, right?
00:07They're mad at you because you enjoy your life, right?
00:12You enjoy your husband or your wife.
00:14You enjoy your kids.
00:16You enjoy the things that you buy with your money, right?
00:19You enjoy it.
00:20You're able to play with those things that you buy with your money.
00:23You enjoy it, and you have free time, and you enjoy it, right?
00:28And the other person that's jealous of your life and is mad at you, right?
00:35That person makes more money than you, but they're mad at you, and they're jealous of you because you enjoy your life, and that person don't, right?
00:44They don't.
00:46Why?
00:47Because they want the American dream, right?
00:50They want the American dream, right?
00:53They can't enjoy their husband or their wife.
00:56They can't enjoy their kids.
00:58They can't enjoy the things that they buy because they never have time for anything, right?
01:05They want the American dream, right?
01:08What is the American dream, right?
01:10My daughter asked me, right?
01:13She got out of high school.
01:15She got to go off to college, and she tells me, Daddy, I want the American dream.
01:20How do I get the American dream?
01:23I told you, you guys, you live to work, and you live to prepare for your death.
01:29You live to work, and you live to prepare for your death, right?
01:33And you guys are like, that's probably harsh.
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