On joy, happiness, and fulfillment.

Is there a difference between being happy and joyful?
Are the things that making us happy gives us joy?

If someone has given you your favorite and most expensive pair of shoes, is that happiness or joy? And why is it people often ask us “are you happy” rather than “is there joy in your heart?”

I am blessed. There are lots of things to be thankful for. But in the end, a part of me is yelling, something is missing: the sense of fulfillment.

A friend told me the fulfillment comes from satisfaction and not from being happy. Kung ang natatanggap mong sweldo ay yung desired salary mo, malamang masasatisfied ka at di ka magkakaganyan she said. Stunned, I started to doubt myself of this sense of fulfillment drama.

Wala ka lang sex life. Hindi ka kasi nagkakaroon ng feeling of euphoria kaya ka ganyan she added. So dapat ba akong matuwa sa sinabi nya kasi may “solusyon” o mas malulungkot ako kasi deprived ako sa part na yon? Haha

I thought then that having a dream is the most important thing. Na kapag wala kang pangarap sa buhay, pwede ka nang ikonsider as patay dahil wala kang goal at daan na tatahakin. But im wrong. theres is more to  learn. more to appreciate. more to see. more to life.