That Mix-up Between Happiness And Joy

 

The power and influence of English has been unprecedented through the centuries and the irony is that, along the way, we're caught in a 'mix up' simply based on the context of the simplest words like HAPPINESS and JOY.  True, everyone wants and needs HAPPINESS BUT we get into a different level when JOY creeps in.  For alignment, while HAPPINESS is typically that fleeting and situational emotion, JOY is that much deeper and more lasting state of contentment and satisfaction often linked to that inner well-being with that deep-seated sense of purpose.  Having this much deeper discernment to differentiate these totally different states of fulfillment WHERE it behooves that our awareness should be as clear as the ground versus the skies📗📙📘

Looking back throughout my professional life at work, most of the time, especially WHEN I was an upstart, I was so glued at HAPPINESS, that kind of shortsightedness expected from someone still raw and NOT fully mature in life.  BUT as I went up the ladder in our organizations, I reached that point of saturation WHERE I was confident that I have achieved enough in my HAPPINESS such that I started to move the goal post by looking at JOY, and HOW to achieve it📌📌📌

WHEN I received my job promotions, my state of HAPPINESS was indescribable.  And I thought that was the zenith of everything UNTIL I realized that there was a bit of vacuum, something missing within me and after some soul searching, i realized that achieving JOY is way way up more fulfilling.  WHEN my team member was promoted, that was level of JOY.  WHEN another team member became a full-fledged manager, I reached a much higher level of JOY😁😁😁

Taking a step back, we got to realize a few things NOT so perceptible on the surface.  THAT life itself is unpredictable, and NO amount of planning can guarantee the outcome of your desire.  This is WHEN one has to exert more than just the normal effort.  And WHEN people come and go in our life, NOT everyone we love will stay forever in that place.  If there is anything permanent, it is CHANGE.  And along the way, NOT everyone will like us.  NOT everyone will embrace us.  In the shortest word, NOT everyone will accept us, period❎❎❎

Our takeaway:  WHILE sometimes life is NOT fair, WHEN sometimes even bad things happen to good people, trust can be broken along the way and repairing and even rebuilding it may take much longer time with much more effort than breaking it.  Rectifying these outliers becomes a MUST-DO for us to get back on track, back on the road as we continue to search for HAPPINESS and more than just, finding that level of JOY that will give us much more sense of fulfillment.  If 'hitting two birds with one stone' becomes that relevant, it is WHEN we achieve that level of JOY because that even leap-frogs our previous modest goals of getting entranced with HAPPINESS.  Be mindful of that mix-up between HAPPINESS and JOY, dude❗❗❗