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Why Not Find Your Joy Where You Find Your Joy?
Don’t let anyone rain on your parade.
People love to knock things. Especially online. Everywhere you turn, someone has derogatory comments or criticism regarding things that bring people joy.
For example, I am loving the Ahsoka series from Star Wars nearing the end of its initial run. Yet I’ve seen multiple posts about why it sucks, what’s wrong with it, and so on. Sorry if it’s not bringing you joy the same as it’s bringing me joy.
An even better example is the autumn obsession with all things pumpkin spice. Everywhere you turn, you can find pumpkin spice this and pumpkin spice that. And while to me this seems to go a little overboard — if you’re into it, enjoy.
We have become so deeply hyper-critical as a society that we have seemingly utterly abandoned the idea of live and let live, don’t stick your nose in other people’s business, and the like. Why can’t we just let what brings someone joy to bring them joy without adding a “But” to it?
Thus, for lots of people — they don’t even bother to find their joy. Then, if they do, they keep it under wraps for fear of someone taking a massive steaming dump all over it.
