Can contentment legitimately be applied to relational aspects of life?

In the last week of term I had to turn in the first chapter of my project and this is the question that I was investigating.
I have been doing exegetical work on the passages in which Paul uses the word contentment (Phil 4:11, 2 Cor 9:8 & 1 Tim 6:6).

And one of the questions arose in my mind was the fact that in each context, Paul writes of contentment in financial or material matters.

Can or should we apply a framework of contentment to areas outside of material matters?
This is where I am focusing my current work and thoughts.

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I've been making multi-layered/flavoured jelly this afternoon

a fresh view

today was exciting with two trips into the outdoors and some real food
i went and saw the boys at UB's
ordered a pot of soy chai
it is stil a little hard to believe that I have gone over a week without coffee
just wondering how long that will keep up
you know you are a regular at a coffee shop when the barista offers to lend you money from the till

I'm hoping my attention span returns soon
I am thinking about the talk I am meant to be giving at a women's event next week
I hope my voice returns from gravel
the talk topic is Contentment
so at least the talk will make use of my project

one of the outings was to see a speech therapist
she gave me some exercises
there was a little concern
I am hoping to get in to see the a specialist without too much of a wait

my mind is that of a goldfish

a one month absence.....

one would think that given that I have pretty much been housebound for almost a week with no pressing deadlines that I would have gotten around to this sooner.

the last month has been hectic moving from one deadline to the next and then to top it off I was struck down with illness during stuvac and exams. this means that while many of my friends have been studying, I have been sleeping and now as they finish, I have the pain of sitting them yet to come.

one fun thing that happened in the last month is that I have a new toy. I was given a scholarship to buy a new computer. I must confess: I have switched to mac. it is great and I have been having some fun on it (writing assignments). the down side to having a new computer is that I haven't transferred all of my files over (including pictures etc).

now I return to my bowl of jelly