Joy what is it?
To me Joy is when you look at someone, wether it's a parent, a friends, a significant other, or a complete stranger.
You see them smiling so fully so genuinely that it covers their entire face. In a moment where you may not even catch their attention but they've caught yours because the force of their happiness is just that pure. Just that encompassing that even being in the vicinity of that person effects you. Joy is seeing that person and being so effected by their happiness, their JOY that your body has no choice, that you have no choice but to join in and have your own part of Joy.
Joy is seeing someone else's happiness and feeling happy, but much more at the same time. It's sitting in bed with someone you care about and joking with them and watching their eyes light up at you because of something you said.
Joy is in that moment feeling completed by that look.
It's not about the appearances of others or that they have nice eyes or a nice figure that makes you happy in that moment. It's the look of such purity, such bliss in someone's face that seeing it makes you feel warm. You feel safe. Loved even by a look.
You see eyes light up and you smile and you know this is Joy. There is nothing compared to true Joy. Nothing. At least not to me. To lay in bed and roll over and see his eyes light up with such happiness... I will never stop being amazed in that moment of how just that look can make me feel. One look and I know that not only am I loved and safe, but they feel all that and much more for me.
Because to feel such Joy from a look you must truly be in love. Even if just for a moment. You feel it and you can't help but wanting to reciprocate it. No matter where the Joy comes from if it is pure and fully encompassing another that joy will surely reach out to you and offer you a moment of pure bliss where you are in a trance and happy as well.
When you feel this don't ignore it. In a world where such terrible things occur and joy such a rare moment to have. Don't look at that moment and turn away. If all you have is that moment, you grab it and you wrap it around you so that maybe just maybe you can make it through the day.
Joy to me is sharing happiness with another. You can have no Joy if you are alone. Joy is found among those who have stories to tell and have lived a thousand lifetimes in one life. The people who find Joy are those who take the time to enjoy others Joy. Never take it for granted. Never resent others for their joy because for all you know they could be trying to spread the joy around.
Joy is so many things and yet...for me it always comes from the eyes.
