Tonight my wife and I watched the movie, “The Wrestler”. The movie was good but had a sad ending. Today I received an email that Pfc. Bradley Manning’s, the 22-year-old Army intelligence analyst, in prison for allegedly leaking a video of a US helicopter attack that killed at least eleven Iraqi civilians to the website Wikileaks, health was deteriorating. The report says: “His prolonged confinement in a solitary holding cell is unquestionably taking its toll on his intellect; his inability to exercise due to [prison] regulations has affected his physical appearance in a manner that suggests physical weakness.”

There is more sad news today but that is enough for now. I have always been an optimistic person looking for the “good news” in everyday life. Many of the quotes on the www.nonvolentcow.org have to do with suffering and the paradox of joy it brings. Here are some new quotes:

Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.
Meister Eckhart

The deeper the sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that hold your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?
Kahlil Gibran

I live by this credo: Have a little laugh and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. Even in your darkest moment, you usually can find something to laugh about if you try hard enough.
Red Skelton

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground.
Oscar Wilde

There are moments when i wish i could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but i have a feeling that if i did, the joy would be gone as well. So i take the memories as they come, accepting them all, letting them guide me whenever I can.
Nicholas Sparks

I got to believe that joy comes from sadness.

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