I am filled with joy and ease right now.

Right now is a narrow window and that's exactly what makes it usable. Nobody can produce a joyful month on demand. Almost anyone can find ninety seconds — sun on a doorstep, a cat asleep with its paws twitching, the first mouthful of something you were properly hungry for.

Ease of that size doesn't fix a situation and isn't being asked to. It's a place to stand for a minute and a half. On the worse days that isn't a small thing, it's the whole available offer, and taking it is not pretending.