Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery’s shadow or reflection: the fact that you don’t merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.
-C. S. Lewis
But Joy also has a reflection: the fact that you don’t merely feel joyful but also necessarily think of how joyful you are feeling when you do. I not only live each passing day in joy, but live each day thinking about living each day in joy.
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