Then comes the most serious condition of all, perhaps. The internalization of grief. And in response, a forgiven Job shows forgiveness to his insensitive friends. All traces of bitterness are gone from Job's heart. What seems like and endless winter can change into spring again.
Life is filed with meaning and purpose again.
The sounds of singing, and laughter are heard without the accompanying guilt that somehow this isn't right. There is no guarantee, this side of eternity, that Job's pattern will be anyone else's. But for many, the demand is less arduous. God steps in and changes things. Life becomes bearable again.