Same was the case in my life, where my dear blessing of 39 years now had to intercede when I was so so down and isolating....
Then, finding it possible to turn the eyes upward willingly to seek the face of God, I ultimately embarked on a "one step at a time" effort to change my vocabulary of greeting, abandoning "fine thanks, how are you" for "I feel blessed, how do you feel" and it has become a veritable recipe of JOY seeing the twinkle in the eyes of people I know not at all who are so WILLING to share they, too, feel blessed!
It is absolutely infectious,
Yup,
Mark56