The person prepared for difficulty can enjoy ease without depending on it.

Being ready for hardship changes your relationship to good conditions. If you know you could manage without the smooth road, you can enjoy the smooth road without gripping it. Dependence is what turns pleasure anxious, because every good thing then carries the fear of losing it.

Ask yourself what you currently enjoy that you would be frightened to lose, and whether you have any plan at all for its absence. Building even a rough answer usually loosens the grip. You will often find you enjoy the thing more once you are no longer quietly bracing against its end.