Father, I have not always been obedient in the past. Bread and water for rations. Constant restriction from your friends. There is a God-shaped vacuum inside everyone's heart, that can never be filled by anyone but Christ. Others second, and You last.
Some people seek joy but never find it.
True joy is found in a proper relationship with God. Never make a goal out of a byproduct. If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in the slum because he can not imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.