Basic needs are not all that is of genuine interest to all of us. It is not enough to not neglect. We must also know how to nurture to truly nourish.
A starved psyche is starved not only of food and water, but more importantly, it is starved of its own dignity, dreams, and aspiration.
And genuine character does not come with what you can purchase, nor with what you can bargain for. It comes in full and it is already there for the taking.