Does joy only exist as a contrast to misery? Or do joy and misery exist independent of the other?

@shawnp0wers A recent sermon on joy I heard suggested the opposite of joy wasn't sadness/depression but hopelessness. The idea was that joy can coexist with, for instance, grief.

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