I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Joy always came after pain.
Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.
Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
I think it's a mistake to miss out on joy just because you have pain.
That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn't have those things we'd just be numb.
The best way of removing negativity is to laugh and be joyous.
Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.
I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
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