How the sting of poverty, or small means, is gone when one keeps house for one's own comfort and not for the comfort of one's neighbors.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Focusing on your own comfort reduces the pain of having little money.
- In plain terms
- Not worrying about others makes poverty feel less sharp.
- What can you take from it?
- Perspective changes how hardship feels.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does perspective affect pain?
- Is comfort enough?
Another view
This ignores the reality of material needs.
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