Sorrow and Joy
In a world woven of light and shadow, beyond the horizon of the ordinary, lived two sisters - Sorrow and Joy. They did not dwell in human hearts, but in the space between the stars, where feelings and thoughts are born. Sorrow was like the quiet moon, shrouded in a veil of melancholy, and Joy was like the sparkling sun, radiating warmth and light. And then one day, tired of the endless disputes of philosophers about the nature of emotions, the sisters decided to descend to Earth. They wanted to understand whether feelings truly live within people, or whether they are merely echoes of their own presence. They wandered the world, observing people. They saw a mother crying over the cradle of a sick child, and lovers laughing, meeting after a long separation. They noticed how sorrow can unite people in their grief, and joy can ignite a spark of hope in them. One day the sisters met an old sage who lived as a hermit in a mountain cave. He talked to them for a long time, telling them a...