Man has a lot of ability to withstand extreme hardship. We have tremendous resilience to defy the hards and show endurance. Happiness is when one has a vision of one's children safe. One can be happy if one is poor as long as one has basic necessities and the children do not suffer and htere is some, even minor element of community.
...and yes Peter, he does show a lot of burden and wariness. There's no one to pick him up if he falls!
Asher