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Beneath Blossom Rain

Discovering Bhutan on the Toughest Trek in the World
The difference between richer and poorer countries is that in poorer countries, people want to be rich in the absolute sense – they want to get their basic needs met. In richer countries, people want to be rich in the relative sense – in relation to someone else. In addition to this competition with our neighbors, we’re constantly bombarded by the media reminding us of everything we lack – the perfect car, the perfect body, and the perfect house. Given aspirations we can never achieve, it’s only natural that anxiety and depression result.”