Love is the root of all joy and sorrow.
Things are all made from nothing; hence their true source is nothing.
There is nothing so much like God in all the universe as silence.
Between God and Me there is no 'Between'.
This then is salvation - when we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator.
A life of rest and peace in God is good; a life of pain lived in patience is still better; but to have peace in a life of pain is best of all.