It's not that we had no heart or eyes for pain. We were all afraid. We all had our miseries. But to despair was to wish for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable.. What was worse, to sit and wait for our own deaths with proper somber faces? Or to choose our own happiness?" So we decided to hold parties and pretend each week had become the new year. Each week we could forget past wrongs done to us. We weren't allowed to think a bad thought. We feasted, we laughed, we played games, lost and won, we told the best stories. And each week we could hope to be lucky. That hope was our only joy. And that's how we came to call our little parties Joy Luck. Amy Tan
About This Quote

In the words of Confucius, "Be a person of good luck. Be loved by all people. Be loved by your family. Be loved by generations." This quote is one of Confucius' best loved quotes in which he attempts to enlighten the lesson that in order to be a good person you must be a person that is loved by all.

In today's world it is easy to not be loved by others because society makes us believe that we are not worthy of being loved. Confucianism, however, teaches us that everyone deserves to be loved and should continue their life with no regrets because when you have nothing to regret you can live life without fear or hesitation.

Source: The Joy Luck Club

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