Happiness with little

I have lived overseas for 80% of my life. You would be suprised how happy someone with so little can be. I would like to say that we as Americans are as happy as they are; but we aren't. A lot of the problem is, we are so focused on materialistic things we aren't thankful for the little things like a morbel, god, and food. We are thinking about the big things. Proverty is something despite how much we wish we could change we can't but that doesn't mean we can't make a difference.