Joy is not threatened by pain.

Because joy comes from a complete understanding of pain, which comes from truly knowing pain.

It comes from going all the way through pain, coming out on the other side and realizing there was never a problem. 

That there was never a problem.

When I understand my pain this way, I realize that my pain will never be a problem, except in fleeting, unsustainable moments of confusion in what I’m thinking and believing.

That is true joy. 

And how can anything threaten that?