"Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh," Jesus says (Luke 6:21). That means not just that you shall laugh when the time comes, but that you can laugh a little even now in the midst of the weeping because you know that the time is coming. All appearances to the contrary notwithstanding, the ending will be a happy ending. That is what laughter is about. It is the laughter of faith. It is the divine comedy.
— Frederick Buechner, Beyond Words