True, real joy always comes to us only as a present. It originates in God. Human joy is a share through grace in the joy of God, in God’s nature, which is nothing but the sphere of supreme joy. The sources of true joy, therefore, are found where the creature waits for God.—Ladislaus Boros.
Joy must be differentiated from pleasure. It is deeper and more lasting.
Joy also differentiates from happiness, something transient, nice while it’s here, sad when it wafts away.
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