As the tightness of our craving loosens, we may be able to bring feelings of true contentment and joy to whatever we are and whatever we have. To be free from craving, which tightens the grip of the mind's grasping at mental objects, is the greatest source of joy. The Buddha said:
All the sensual pleasures of the world and
All the joys of the god realm
Cannot compare to even one-sixteenth
Of the joy of freedom from craving.