"Then Joseph could no longer control himself... he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” (Gen 45,1-2)

How much pain Josef had to bear all these years. His own brothers wanted to kill him, and when they did not kill him physically, they executed him at least spiritually. They did away with him forever from their and their father's world, inflicting such a hateful blow on him that it would paralyze many for the rest of their life.

When a person is harmed, he can react basically in two ways. The most common thing is to become a victim to a greater or lesser extent and to blame others and the life itself for the hardships that befell him. It's human, it's understandable - could anyone blame Josef if he didn't find strength to stand up and walked on with his head bowed and remorse in his heart for those who had hurt him so badly?

But Joseph fought in that situation ... and won. However, it must be understood that such victories are not a gift of a happy nature. They are something that a man grows into, they cost much, require struggles to forgive, a will to rise up.

The same situation that kills one can help the other one grow up and become inwardly someone else than before. Despite all the pain that people can cause others, this is also a kind of a "victory that overcomes the world ...".