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How to make joy
joy is good who doesn't like Joy the question is where does it come from? Is it an accident? Or is it something you pursue the Stokes would say it is neither to Marcus Aurelius Joy was something you did. It was a process as he writes. Joy for humans lies in human actions human actions kindness to others contempt for the senses the interrogation of appearances observations of Nature and events in nature by
An interrogation, he means not being distracted by false pleasures and passions not making the mistake of thinking that Joy is success or money or sex no joy is doing good for others. It's a walk along the river seeing the small fish darting in the shadows. It's watching a horse being brushed down its watching the stocks of grain been under their own weight as Marcus noted Joy is being with your children Joy is reading a well-written book. This is a simpler definition of joy, of course.
But that is also good. It means you can make it and have it anytime you like including this morning including on the days when you get fired or find out that someone you know has passed away including the times you're stuck in traffic or on an
interminable hold customer service Joy lies in human actions actions you can take right now. I think another way to express This Joy would just be that
word Stillness and to me Stillness is the key that Joy is the key
to a good
life to happiness to success to peace to stability to steadiness even in craziness. And so obviously that's what I talk about in my book still in. This is the key. Which debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. I think it's the best thing I've ever written and you can check that out. Any where books are sold Stillness is the key.
