| 1 | First optimistic attitude to life, contentment. | |
| 2 | Life is full of compromises, so it's crucial to be optimistic. | |
| 3 | We also found that even the living standard there was quite low, comparatively. | |
| 4 | But we kept the story to ourselves, allowing ourselves only small, knowing smiles, like the one we had seen so often on Daddy' s face since he had come to terms with himself. |