This is how bitachon confers on us a deep and abiding joy. Joy is the result of this consciousness. Bitachon is not measured by your success in climbing over the gate. True joy has nothing to do with ease in life, or with things going well. Rather, our joy must come from who we can become in the face of trying circumstances.
True joy comes from resolution within oneself.
Let's apply the concept of bitachon to the current crisis in the Middle East. There has been much heated debate about whether or not Yassir Arafat is in control of the violence. God is not only aware of and involved in all the events taking place in Israel every day, but He is orchestrating events with as much compassion as we can take. Although it is exceedingly difficult for us to see this compassion in the present moment, bitachon means knowing it is there nevertheless. Each of us must strive to maintain the consciousness of God's being in control from moment to moment.