" Being content with what you have when you have, say, eight children living on one salary and no indoor plumbing is what makes a hard life bearable. Not reaching or wishing for more makes it just a little easier to do what's required to keep folks healthy and fed. Mom wants told me that, though she knew, objectively, that they were poor, it never felt that way, because there were no wealthy people to compare themselves to. "
― Mandy Len Catron , How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays