The Principle of Joy (worldly version)

What's the principle of joy: Its simple... finding something you love and believe in, and doing it, making it happen, and enlightening other people about it. That's happiness right there.

People have no idea, that a lot of what we see in media everyday, are merely distractions, to get us what we can't find in our work. You don't enjoy what you do, well, maybe marginally, you get by with a faint glimmer of enthusiasm, but the truth is, you work because you need to get paid.

Which is all well and good. We all need to put food on our plates and pay the bills, but tell me honestly, after earning all that money and spending it on clothes, gadgets and extras, do you feel happy?

After finishing with your newly acquired toys you realize you're back in your office doing something you really don't like, waiting for your next paycheck. And so the cycle continues.

To some who wandered during there single years, starting a family galvinizes them into action and passionate work, not just to bring the basics to the family, but in order to raise the children properly.

For others, they find it in social causes, in grand statements, taking the less travelled road, and moving into altruistic and giving service.

And for a lucky few, they get to do it everyday, in their own little way. There's the pilot who leaps his plane into the morning sky, weightless with the never-ceasing awe, wonder and thrill of flight.

There's the singer-songwriter, who gets to belt out his own words... ever notice that, no matter how good a singer is, if he didn't write it himself, chances are he's just acting the part, and people can tell that... people can sense that... which is why very few singers/artists become successful (not necessarily famous) with a copy/cover/remake for their first shot.

People will always listen to you no matter how bad the song is, as long as you wrote it. Why? Because its from you, its genuine, and as much as they may cringe in their seats or applaud you, you don't care what they say about it, you just continue with it anyway.

And in the end, people respect that. The marketplace will respect that.

There's the businessman, who genuinely enjoys the process of earning. And of being able to do things he loves with the mobility that his money affords him, who later in life, may or may not realize that there are other things that money can't buy, which would lead him to service and philantropy, both of which can be truly rewarding activities as well. Probably much more rewarding than your typical million peso/dollar splurge.

Then there's the artist, architect, designer, sculptor, painter, etc. Who, no matter how small his project may be, is happy because he gets to call it his own, to bring an idea, strategy and vision into fruition is probably the joy-filled and thrilling act in this world. To see it there, standing, a door, a railing, a wall, a painting, a trinket, a portrait, whatever it is, is testament and reflection to the creator and his Creator.

So in the end, whats the cause of joy, i mean true honest pleasure? The singular act of creation, when we, as humans, put by God on earth, enact and become cocreators with Him. That is probably the only thing that brings joy and true pleasure to us as humans. Creating environments, creating lasting memories/experiences, creating the next generation.