In the world, people pursue happiness, mistaking it for joy. Joy is actually a condition in the human heart, when we are free of our passions. We can not have joy if we pursue only joy. We must pursue obedience, and struggle, and endure sadness in this life. The example of the myrrh-bearing women, the Apostle Thomas, the Apostle Peter, and many others that we read about both before and after the time of Pascha teach us this fundamental truth. Mark 15:43-16:8