Godliness is Great Gain When Accompanied by Contentment

"But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment" - 1 Timothy 6:6

How much is enough in retirement?  I have spent the bulk of 46 years working towards the day that I could retire.  At least that is what I have told myself.  It seems like the "just a little bit more" always creeps into the conversation when you are talking finances.  Now that I am on the cusp of retiring, I look back and realize that I have more money that perhaps 98% of the world.  So what is the problem here?

"Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, 'IWILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU'." - Hebrews 13:5

"He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income.  This too is vanity." - Ecclesiastes 5:10

We have been conditioned to work, work, work always with the carrot on the end of a stick dangling just out of reach.  I don't think that anyone on their death bed has thought that they only wished they could have worked some more for more money.  So now I am looking at the contentment side of my life.  Am I really content with where I am?  I would think that this verse from 1 Timothy shows just that.  First you practice godliness and then it becomes great gain after you add contentment.  I and you for that matter should always be grateful and content in our present circumstances, including how much money we have.  To not do so means that the ugly green specter of jealousy has raised it's ugly head.  That seems to be the motivating factor for much of the ills of society.  We now have a whole generation of people who are angry at the person that has more than they.  They are becoming angry with individuals who have only worked and worked to get to where they are.  So why do we continue to work ourselves into a frenzy, only to have it ripped from us by someone who doesn't want to work.