I think it's a mistake to miss out on joy just because you have pain.
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Joy always came after pain.
Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.
Do not be afraid that joy will make the pain worse; it is needed like the air we breathe.
Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.
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.
I've always said you have to go through a lot of heartache in life to feel joy.
Shared joy is increased, shared pain is lessened.
Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent.
I guess I don't think there's any reason to feel guilty about having joy in your life, regardless of how bad things are in the world.
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