There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

Good news is hard to hold. It wants to be said out loud, and the urge is strongest when someone is right there listening. Courage in a crisis can be simpler than that small restraint, because a crisis tells you what to do and a friend’s bad season does not. Said to someone in the middle of a loss, your happiness arrives as a ruler laid beside their life.

Before you share it, check what the other person is carrying this month. If their news is heavy, ask about theirs first and let yours wait for a lighter day.