How Much Suffering for Joy?

I think about what makes us cry the most in the movies?

We hate to see the hero die, but we rarely cry about it.

What makes us cry, I think, is when someone overcomes the most impossible obstacles.

It’s when people show bravery in the face of certain doom.

It’s when people sacrifice themselves so someone else can have something important, maybe their lives.

It’s when innocent people get hurt like a child suffers or has loss.

Joy is empathy which is beyond thought. It exists at our visceral level where true living exists.

Joy is realization. It can occur without suffering. It can occur when we feel connected deep down to who we really are and what we can accomplish and why we are here. It is knowing we are connected to life on earth and have everyday to enjoy and express it with others.

Joy, like happiness, are outside of thought  and sourced in the right brain sphere of emotion. Joy is also outside the mind/brain and sourced by connection.