Contentment

I have been feeling really content lately. Because things have been going so great, I've been noticing and thinking about how my life has turned out thus far. We've had a good weekend. The girls haven't been bickering, the weather has been cooler, we've been doing family activities. Nate's job is going good, I am feeling happy and healthy. I'm just in a good place, ya know?
Today I gave the lesson to the Beehives on Obedience. Perhaps this is what got me thinking. I get really nervous when I teach, but I tried to get through to the girls how important the concept is. It can be a hard thing, sometimes we are asked to do or not do things and we just don't have the bigger picture to understand why. I do believe that obedience will bring us blessings and peace. Does it guarantee happily ever after? No. We are all here for growth and trials. I've had growth and trials. Luckily not as many as others. That is how I know I am feeling content. Tomorrow it could fall apart for a while, but for today I had peace.
For the most part, I've been a pretty obedient person. I'm not saying that I've never questioned things and worked them out in my mind. I never went through a wild streak or was very rebellious. I've always felt that the teachings of my parents and the gospel were for my own good. I can look back now and see that the decisions that I've made throughout my life have brought me to this very happy place. I had and have good friends, I have a wonderful eternal companion and couldn't imagine being with anyone else. I've done my best as a mother and my kids like me. For the most part. Unless I'm being the worst mom in the world:) I was a bratty kid, but I think my teenage years could have been worse. We all survived.
I guess I am wondering what it is that make some people content and others always looking for the greener grass. Does greener grass really exist? Perhaps it does, but it isn't what we think it is.
Another thing that has helped with feeling content is this. And it hasn't been easy. For the most part, I have really tried to give up feeling guilty all the time. Who needs it? I decided that I don't and it has helped immensely. I would strongly suggest it to everyone. Now if I could just stop worrying all the time...
I'm rambling, I'm having a hard time putting my jumbled thoughts down.
Does contentment come from obedience? Or is it a state of mind?