On Comforts and Contentment

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People often seek contentment in comforts. I won't say these are pitched opposite to each other, but surely, these have no direct interrelation. Comforts may provide contentment, but rarely, while contentment does not care for comforts. Both comforts and contentment don't come one's way on their own but are sought intentionally through conscious efforts. In my opinion, one should make efforts to seek contentment, rather than comforts. But this opinion is mine to which most of the people don't agree in practice, although they don't deny it in words. Contentment is a mental state rather than a physical one, while the comforts work at physical level. Therefore, to seek contentment, one has to orient his/her mind towards contentment, and satisfaction therefrom. Material possessions are not opposed to contentment, but surely they provide comforts. A contentment seeker minimizes his/her needs as the first precondition. We neither work for contentment nor for comforts directly, but for money. It is upto the person whether he/she buys comforts or contentment from the money he/she earns.