One day of joy is too much. One thousand days is never enough.
Renunciation
Truth appears cold - to one attached to warmth. One cannot throw away attachments - they must be outgrown.
Sometimes it is better to give-in to an attachment - to get it out of the system. The ego must be convinced beyond doubt of the wretchedness of life. Stubbornly, the ego seems only to be able to learn the hard way.
It is not enough to dislike attachments; there must be disgust. Yet nothing conquers quite like love! To actually love being free of attachment, free of life, wild and unrestrained as the wind: that's what I call vicious!