Paul begins chapter six with instructions to masters and servants who have become believers.  He ends  those instructions with these familiar words:  I Tim. 6:6-8  "But godliness with contentment is great gain.  For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.  And having food and raiment let us be therewith content."

One of my observations concerning "stuff" is that you want it when you are twenty, you charge it when you are thirty, you pay it out when you are forty, you wonder why in the world you bought it in the first place when you are fifty, and you get rid of it in your sixties.  It's called downsizing.  "Stuff" certainly doesn't satisfy us.  It comes and goes.  But God.  God stays.  

Paul said "Godliness with contentment is great gain".  It is the only way we can truly be content.    And he said having food and raiment  is all we really need to be content.  I would probably add water and shelter.

Contentment is really a choice.  One way to be content is to find something to give back to those around you in your community who are in need.  Nothing makes you more thankful with what God has blessed you with than to see those who are truly in need.  And they are everywhere.

We come in with nothing.  We go out with nothing.  Why do we put so much time and effort into obtaining and maintaining stuff we don't need?