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%OBJECTIVE GROUNDS FOR JOY 791110
Some people are not joyful because they do not
perceive objective grounds for being cheerful, happy,
positive, joyful, etc. They do not want to make decisions
which are poorly grounded in objective reality. They do
not want to be embarrassed by acting joyful when there are
inadequate grounds for being joyful. To behave as if
something is true, when it is in reality not true, is
dishonest if you know it is not true, and reveals your
ignorance if you do not know. Thus, it is important to
determine whether or not there are grounds for being
joyful, before behaving joyfully.
Some people are joyful because they desire to live in
a joyful community and decide to do that which is in their
power to create a joyful community. By their decisions
and actions they realize that which they desire, make it
real. They know that many realities are realized by
decision, rather than by discovery. They realize that joy
is a reality which is realized by decision more than by
discovery, by acceptance more than by determination; that
joy is not an objective reality subject to verification
and measurement. At the same time joy is not
manufactured, made by men for women, and guaranteed to be
of high quality.
Some people seek to create joy by manufacturing,
selling, and buying consumer goods and services. They
greatly stimulate the economy and the consumption of
scarce natural resources---without necessarily realizing
joy. Often their efforts are frantic and sophisticated,
as well as being impressive because of the magnitude of
the effort and the number of people involved. It is
difficult to believe that so many sophisticated and busy
people can be dead wrong. Their efforts are profitable
and respected---even though they are not joyful. After
all, they do not have objective grounds for being joyful.
Joy is something that they thoughtlessly expect to arrive
when they have reached the peak of success which is just
peaking over the horizon. So they rush to reach the
objective place where they believe joy resides, and seek
to help others reach that place. By arriving together
they will know when they have objective grounds for joy,
and so avoid embarrassment.
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