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Joy and Sadness

"Happy families are all alike;
every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
Tolstoy in Anna Karenina

Joy is universal. It is infectious and all-embracing. Even if we do not speak the same language, joy is both communicated and understood.
Sadness has a life all its own. While it consumes us like joy, sadness has its own unique biology. Sometimes it is reflective of one's upbringing. Other times it is because of a chemical imbalance. Other times it is jealousy....The list goes on and on.

Better to be connected by joy than disconnected in our inner pain.

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