Suffering jolts us awake whether we like it or not, but just asdisappointments and suffering are a part of life, so are graceand joy. Joy is right here, right now if we can but see it.Thesweetest moments of peace and bliss that I've experienced inmy life have been spontaneous eruptions of joy which werenot manufactured by the material world, but evolved from aninner consciousness of gratitude and grace.