Mother Teresa advised: "The best way to show our gratitude to God is to accept everything with joy. Never let everything so fill you with sorrow that you forget the joy of Christ risen."
"Being happy in Jesus means loving as he loves, helping as he helps, giving as he gives, serving as he serves, rescuing as he rescues, being with him twenty-four hours, touching him in his distressing disguise."
Did this work? Does it sound grim rather than joyful? Malcolm Muggeridge didn't think so. "Their life is rough and austere, yet I never met such delightful, happy women, or such an atmosphere of joy as they create. Mother Teresa, as she is fond of explaining, attaches the utmost importance to this joyousness. The poor, she says, deserve not just service and dedication, but also the joy that belongs to human love. That is what the sisters given them abundantly."
What is your joy quotient today?