Just another day...

hey~! maybe it's like the day and night.
Morning is fun.. but only at night, you'll be able to see little shining stars... only if you got time to look up and the sky is not polluted...
And then when it's morning again, you know the stars is still there just that you can't see them... :p
Hopefully it's like that~~ =D
I also dunno Q.3...quantifiable...qualifiable..?
 

Ooooooh! Quiz time! Quiz time!

1. It's a good thing. Most people don't know how to appreciate the little things in life. They think spending $$$ on all sortsa 'in' gadgets, clothes and watchamacallits, or getting hammered and smoking their lungs out in clubs which you might not like going to but where you pay more in one night than you can earn in a month just to look cool and be 'in the scene'. "This ain't a scene, it's a damned arms race!" (Fallout Boys if you don't know who...)

2. It depends on if you like your life or not at a certain point of time. If not then you might be clinging on to the scraps of happiness that life doles out
but if you think "life is pretty f***ing amazing right now!" then maybe it's just you being high without getting a bong shot. "Yo maan, di grass is growing well...hehe We caan harvest in a week and smokit?"

3. Abraham-Hicks Emotional Scale. I looked it up: http://www.contemplatethis.com/the-abraham-hicks-emotional-scale/
Scary, isn't it?

(I was bored...haha)
 

*grin* Yay new post! And I love PY & Ed's comments. Makes me feel like I'm in a classroom. With super 'ON' classmates. Ogie, let me join the fray for fun!

1. I think it's GOOD. To be able to find joy in the small things of life means that there's still some presence of peace and perspective in the person.

2. Sometimes we need to have less happening in our lives before we can do that. Like frisian's analogy... if we live in the middle of a big city, it may take a night with a blackout for us to remember there are stars in the sky. Sometimes, people deliberately take themselves out of the city into the country to be able to see those stars. Whether by your choice or not, the ability to see the stars could be seen as a good thing.

3. I think we can feel more or less joyous sometimes, yet I don't think it is quantifiable (assuming the qtn is asking about 'quantifiable').
 

if you don't mind me joining in thinking about ur questions? :P
sorry i really love questions like this to think about

i think it's a good thing because 1) you have a smaller threshold to be happier.. saves u all the money, time and energy to look for that "temporary high", 2) it probably shows you are currently in a happy state because when you are happy, you tend look for happy things around you and stay happy... and when you are not happy, you tend to see unhappy things happening, so by being able to find joy in small things shows your positive current state? :P(I am pretty sure i read this in some psychology textbook, but i can't remember what theory it is..haha)
 

Whoa.. didnt realize there have been so many comments. Thank you, everyone for sharing your thoughts on this matter.

Yes! I really like PY's analogy about stars at night. And I hope that's really the case..

Thanks Jing! It's good to be re-assured that one is actually in a positive state of mind :)

As for Q3. I think what I meant was - should you "categorize" joy? Is being happy enough - just cause? Or it is important to identify why exactly you're happy?

p.s. The Abraham-Hicks Emotional Scale does look scary!
 

I'll like to give my two cents worth:
1. As long as there's nothing immoral in it, finding joy in anything is good thing!
2. Finding joy in "little things in life" always keeps you up. Being just contented in these little things... there's nothing wrong or right about it. Having a higher expectation of yourself allows you to aim higher and perhaps achieve more, but at the same time, why rob yourself of the happiness and pleasures you can feel?
3. People can try to quantify/ qualify joy, but why take the joy out of feeling joy itself? Just be! :)