It's fine to be happy—if you can manage it. Those eluded by it (present company included) can comfort themselves with the fact that joy trumps happiness. If you're joyful, you don't need happiness. But if you're happy without being joyful, your elation is about as safe as a popsicle in Gehenna.

Is happiness a fruit of the spirit? Check the list and see. (Spoiler alert: it's not.) But Joy is Fruit #2, second only to Love. Which, then, is the most valuable commodity?

Happiness sometimes disguises itself as joy, and vice-versa. Here's how to tell them apart.