Without Simcha… the Connection Fades

When we embrace the mitzvah and lean into the mitzvah and we accept and recognize that the mitzvah is our ability to connect to Hashem then our relationship deepens bringing deep satisfaction profound joy writes being happy and joyous when doing a mitzvah is a mitzvah into itself and I would say it's exactly like marriage spouse asks you to do something and you do it begrudgingly and you do it miserably and you do it with a fabist and upon him with a sad face and you do it with snide comments and passive aggressiveness this then why'd you bother doing it? The fact that they asked you to do something was not only because that thing needed to be done but that which they asked you and that which you agreed was the opportunity to draw close was the opportunity to invest and contribute and make a deposit in the relationship. Not only should we do those mitzvah, we should do them because there's a correlary. There's a parallel mitzvah and that is to do mitzvah. to do the mitzvah with a sense of joy.