Heaven is Joy
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Joie de Vivre
"Joy is made manifest by brightness, as, here on earth, by smiles; but down below, the shade grows darker when the mind feels sorrow" 30 lines later "One does not repent here, here one smiles -- not for the fault, which we do not recall, but for the Power that fashioned and foresaw." The Divine Comedy, Paradiso IX:70-72 and 103-105 Of course Dante implies this type of outlook is obtainable only in heaven; not during this life. I ask "Why"? Or perhaps Dante, as well as Jesus join Buddha, Epictetus, Lao Tzu and others who ask "Why not now?" I think Jesus did, not Dante. |