Joy

Ordinary man. Working for a living. Doing a routine job everyday. Wakes up, drives to work, works till evening, comes home for dinner, reads the newspaper, then sleeps. Simple , normal life. Dull...indeed.
                            One day he wakes up late. Arrives at his office 10 minutes late. Hands in his paper work and the boss is unsatisfied with it.The Boss scolds him like crazy for that submitted work of his has cost millions for the company. He fires him and asks him to pack his belongings and leave.
                        He puts his things one by one, with anger and frustration. Throwing everything into the box. Even the picture of his family. He walks the hall of shame as everybody looks at him. Walking by the street, a car splashes water at him. Dragging his feet to the car he feels despondent and despair.
                        He reaches home, rest on his sofa and sighs.* What am I to do? Life stinks! This sucks* repeatedly telling himself in his mind. Then....He hears the sweet voice of two kids

" Daddy!daddy! You're back! I missed you!" and hugs their dad till he falls of the chair.
He laughs heartily at their approach. " I've missed you too". His wife comes out of the kitchen with the apron and pot in her hand and smiles at him " welcome home dear , I would come and kiss you but I'll 
have to feed you first". He smiles.

He then comes to his senses. In life problems will always come. Shit always happens. What is a life free from trouble? Losing a job, having a rough day, IT HAPPENS. What matters most is not my job or how I live it. Things of the world will never last. What matters most is my relationships around me. My friends and family. The love I bear for them


Joy is not happiness.

Joy seems to be the opposite of pain. Truth be told, joy and pain can exist together. Pleasure is opposite of pain, not joy. What is joy?

Even in hard times we rejoice, that is true joy. For joy gives us strength and motivation. What matters most in life is not what you do, your work, or the food you eat but the relationships you form along the way. Your wife, children, and friends. Through relationships brings out love.



JOY...is indeed divinely amazing.

So live instead of just existing.


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