After reading my favorite book, Shantaram, multiple times, I'm reminded that, while I wouldn't necessarily choose to live in such a humble home as this, I recognize that I could 100% adapt to anything put in front of me, if necessary. Even living in a shack (especially if that shack was right on the river). It's so easy to try to keep up with the Jones', and feel like a big, modern, expensive home is needed. And I understand that sentiment, I really do. But I would venture to say that the size or price of a home has basically zero effect on long-term levels of happiness. And that the love and relationships found inside that home are what matter the most.
"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor." -Seneca
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