The Psalmist said something very profound –
“You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the season that their grain and wine increased.”*
Perspective from the other side. There is joy (of course) when things are good; when folks are fine and life is cruising, all sunshine and roses. But to have joy, in the midst of pain, is to either be delusional or been bestowed a divine gift.
I choose the later.
*Psalms 4:7
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