Sometimes grief is a comfort we grant ourselves because it's less terrifying than trying for joy. Nobody wants to admit it. We'd all declare we want to be happy, if we could. So why, then, is pain the one thing we most often hold on to? Why are slights and griefs the memories on which we choose to dwell? Is it because joy doesn't last but grief does?
Good things, by their nature, are fleeting. It’s those that bring us grief that linger.
Sometimes grief is a comfort we grant ourselves because it's less terrifying than trying for joy.
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