We tend to think of joy as the absence of sorrow.

But what if joy is not the absence of sorrow?

What if joy and sorrow can coexist?

What if they have to coexist?…

In other words, if you wait for sorrow to end before you experience joy, you might miss joy completely. To experience a measure of sorrow may enable your heart and mind to receive pure heavenly joy! – Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Joyfully Receive the Unexpected Messiah,” BYU Speeches of the Year, 15 April 2025