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When you are always happy, it is easy to set aside some time each day to express your thoughts before God with a broken heart. But when you are depressed, it is very difficult to seclude yourself and speak to God. You must force yourself always to be happy. Especially during prayer, you must force yourself to be joyous (see “ His Wisdom ” #74) .

The Rebbe said that true happiness is one of the most difficult things to attain in serving God.

Another time, he said that it seems impossible to achieve happiness without some measure of foolishness. One must resort to all sorts of joking and foolish things if this is the only way to attain happiness. 27 Likutey Moharan II, 24; Tzaddik #243. Cf. Zohar III, 47b; Pesachim 117a.

When a person attains true joy, then God Himself watches him and protects him from sexual defilement ( Likutey Moharan I, 169) .