Suffisance n. Satisfaction; fulfillment; fullness; enough; sufficient ability or supply.
Suffisance names the state of "enough" that carries both adequacy and inner ease. It points to sufficiency in resources, ability, or emotional steadiness without drifting into excess.
As a value, suffisance encourages proportional living: meeting needs well, honoring limits, and recognizing completion when it arrives. It is a quietly stabilizing word.
"I never think of the future - it comes soon enough."
- Albert Einstein
Wellbeing research suggests people report higher life satisfaction when they focus on sufficiency and gratitude rather than constant comparison-driven accumulation.
Suffisance settles restless need,
enough in thought, enough in deed.
Not less than life, not chasing more,
a balanced heart at a steady shore.