“If only you knew that joy lies at the bottom not the top, so many things that you worry and fret over could quickly be resolved. Your belief that you must reach for happiness keeps you from the happiness that you already have. If you remain in prayer, and stay open to the gifts and graces I send to you daily, that which you seek would naturally come your way.
“The very moment you are most frustrated about your life, that is the time you must learn to breathe, relax, and take up your beads. There is no great wisdom in any of this. These truths are homespun and ordinary. These are just the kinds of things you learn by having faith. So don’t think that joy is too high to reach for, or happiness is too hard. Both lie easily within your reach.”