* Translation by Yehoshua Siskin ([email protected])
Here’s a surprising definition of joy from a lecture given by Asaf Fasi on Zoom:
“Rabbi Nachman of Breslav teaches us: Joy does not come after victory; joy is our road to victory.
Joy is not after success; joy is the road to success.
Joy opens gates that will bring us to success, but joy will also bring us to a higher place.
Pessimism is not realism. Pessimism merely brings you to a lower place.
Optimism is not innocence, but a blueprint for creating joy.
We do not only rejoice over a miracle. We rejoice — and then a miracle happens.״
