How can one explain this trend towards a more colorless and shallow life? Well, the work was easier, if less healthy, and it brought in more money, more leisure, and perhaps more entertainment. A day in the country is long and hard. And yet the fruits of their present life were worthless compared to a single coin of their former life: a rest in the evening and a rural festivity. That they no longer knew the old kind of happiness was obvious from the discontentment which spread over their features. Soon dissatisfaction, prevailing over all their other moods, became their religion.Anonymous
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The fact is, when people are in a difficult situation they are often at their weakest. A time when they are able to reflect on the situation and think about what is best for them can be very useful. They can make long-term plans to increase the quality of their life. And when they are in this reflective state, it can be easier to see what is wrong with their current situation.
When the people in the story were in their former life they were satisfied with what they had. They were not dissatisfied with what they had at any point, so it stands to reason that they would have been happier if they had been in their current situation instead of where they are now.
Source: The Glass Bees
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