Joy
What
is joy? Is it something you feel, you can create, or you can see? Joy is many
things it is everywhere an influences things all the time, it is something you
can create, give, feel, and see which makes it so great. This emotion is
something people love to have and share with others. It is what you feel when
you have journeyed long and hard and have completed your journey, it is what
you feel and see when you ask someone to Homecoming and you see their eyes
light up bright. Joy is a very amazing emotion to receive it something great
must happen, something that triggers your brain and stimulates it, this emotion
courses through your body making other emotions come out like happiness and a
fulfilled feeling. Emotions of all kinds are extremely interesting what makes
them work what they do and how they do it. Emotions start with your senses,
something happens you see it you do it you smell it you taste it, this then
flows up to your brain registering as something you want and shoots it all over
you may be giving you a tingling feeling or just a brightness. These different
senses can even work together especially with foods you smell the
strawberry you can see and feel it, and
finally you eat it which triggers your brain to give you joy. To achieve joy
that means someone is going in the right direction doing as they should and being
successful, and having fun along the way. When it comes down to it this emotion
is not very complex, when you enjoy something and have fun you experience joy a
form of fun. Any time some one's eyes light up or they have a sense of energy
about them they are experiencing joy, and the great thing about it is it can
motivate you to do great things, it becomes contiguous spreading to the people
around you and continuing along the atmosphere. It is something in which never
disappears and is always at the end of a dark tunnel, it is something you look
forward to and always want to have and share. Think about joy memories of
happiness will shoot through you maybe even compelling enough for you to do
something great and to feel this natural high once again, because once you have
felt it you will be addicted and never want to give it up because it is so good
for you it has no side effects and it even makes the people around you better.
I world without joy would be a world without happiness a place where there is
no laughter and play, that is a place that none of us want to be so stay joy
full always being happy always spreading the joy. Because joy will come back to
you when you need it the most it will lift you up and allow you to be great and
do something you thought you would never do, this is why joy is so important,
because without it what would be have?
I loved your interpretation of joy; I felt like your writing was filled with joy :)
ReplyDeleteVery complex topic. I liked how you described joy in a way everyone can relate to:)
ReplyDeleteI laughed at the whole idea of food being a form of joy! I really enjoyed reading your definition of joy!
ReplyDeleteYour second to last line was superb! I loved that and the reference to the psychological affect food has on us! Great story.
ReplyDeleteIt's difficult to define an abstract idea, but I felt like this was done rather nicely. Especially because most people don't quite understand the importance of joy itself and the great effect it has on our personal lives on a daily basis. The reference to food is a reminder that even the simplest things in life can bring anyone the greatest amount of pleasure, or in this case, joy. Great job.
ReplyDeleteI loved how for a little bit there you made such a simple emotion into something almost scientific and complex. It puts a little bit more meaning behind simple joyful things in life.
ReplyDeleteI like how you chose a really vague topic, but went in depth with explainin what joy was. You were able to explain what it really is in many different, complex ways and connect all of them together in the end.
ReplyDeleteThis actually had me thinking about what joy is... No writing has ever done that... Great Job!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job in describing how you view joy and you really appealed to the senses and got me thinking what does my joy smell, sound, taste, feel, and look like. :)
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of joy, part of my first name is "joy" which is why my parent's named me Angela Joy, they named me something that makes me special and to them i bring them happiness and pleasure. I really like how you interpreted "joy" in your numerous of ideas, this shows that something simple could be expressed in a complex manner. i like it. :]
ReplyDeleteI like how you expanded and went deep into your interpretation of what joy is. I enjoyed reading this!
ReplyDeleteIntellectually deep...;)
ReplyDeleteTotally loved the way that this connected anything being able to bring you or someone else in your life a sense of joy.
ReplyDeleteVery very nice. I liked your definition of joy! and the fact that you said food brings joy made me quite joyful ;) I liked this very much
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job in describing joy, left me questioning what my own definition of joy would be. Good piece by the way.
ReplyDeleteOkay, dang. Rhetorical questions are my sddiction when it comes to writing and a passage pertaining to emotions are an ideal place to implement them for emotions are universal, yet unique to each individual. Do you know what I mean? That kind of sounds like an oxymoron but I hope you catch my drift. feelings are not simple. I mean when one is asked how they're feeling they aren't like "oh why I'm filled with joy" the atypical response is "i can't even put it into words" but I feel you did a great job in capturing such a difficult topic. I dig the xoversational tone you had througout and continued provocation but it wasn't too much inquiry that I was uncomfortable for you, yourself, revealed your own opinion or answer to the questions. I'm sorry if this isn't making any sense. Bottom line (I feel like there should be one since I'm rambling): thank you, for sharing your take on joy and thank you for stirring my thoughts on the subject as well.
ReplyDeleteI love this piece! It just brant back so many memories of all the joyful times I have experienced. Joy is necessary for me to function. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI like how you added examples of when a person would feel this emotion. Nice way of trying to get your readers to question themselves about joy.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful topic to write about i really enjoyed reading this mini story about joy you explained so well and vividly. Makes me almost reminisce to the times were i felt this emotion the greatest, overall great story good job :)!
ReplyDeleteReally interesting topic choice! I really connected with the "joy" of eating food, the "joy" created seeing someone accept you, and also the "joy" of accomplishing something. Really well done Nathan!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed how you made it relatable to a wide variety of people and didn't just stick to what might make you feel joy.
ReplyDeleteI love writing that is purposeful & has a lot of meaning. This was great, good job!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed how you used such an unspecified topic! Also your point of view of the definition of joy was very eye opening and made me think about what I believe joy means! While I read this I was thinking about all of the great, joyful memories I have had in these past years in high school!
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing about this. Today was a difficult day for me, but you reminded me that joy really is important and we should always have it in our lives.
ReplyDeleteI loved the way you described joy excellent job
ReplyDeleteI LOVED your definition of joy! This made me think of all the memories i've made and felt joy! Amazing job!
ReplyDeleteYour descriptive and have really interesting ideas. I found the food thing kind of funny
ReplyDeleteI love the way you describe joy, something beautiful yet simple. Makes me wonder the last time I experienced real joy
ReplyDeleteThis made me feel happy. Made me realize the meaning if joy! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteVery descriptive piece, it discussed joy in its entirety. Near the end, a world without joy, seemed very interesting.
ReplyDeleteJoy was a really great topic to pick because everyone's experienced it before. You express yourself very well, and I feel that you would write an awesome SAT essay ....
ReplyDeleteI really like the topic! It was very interesting to read because everyone wants to be happy! While I was reading I started to think about all the things that make me happy! It was very nice! Good job!
ReplyDeleteYou definitely did a great job at getting me to question my whole personal definition of joy. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteTrue and false is what you define. You took a simple idea with a constitution of three letter and gave it life. Your work was a ble to transform a cliché of happiness and make it significant to the point in which through your rethorical strategies, and examples, you where able make it archaic and making it "un cliché" since you transform something abstract into something concrete giving it life and senses...making it human. And through this we are able to interact with joy renderingan experience unlike any other. Well done.
ReplyDeleteVery deep! It really spoke to me. Your description of joy was very well written and very expressive. Also, I agree that we all need joy in our lives. Good job!
ReplyDeleteI agree with your very last sentence, "because without it what would be have?", life without any joy is pointless. I thought your work was very well put together and uses many examples that the audience can personally relate to and create that connection to your perspective which makes it that much better.
ReplyDeleteYou take sound and sense to an elevated level. Though joy you've experienced is so wonderful for each sense, especially the food part.
ReplyDeleteyour interpretation of joy was very deep and meaningful and it was fun to read!
ReplyDeleteI loved the little experiences and pieces of life that you tied into the feeling of joy. For example, the "asking someone to Homecoming" example is something that we can all relate to and it allows us to understand the feelings and emotions that you were hoping to express through your writing! I applaud you for taking on such a brave topic to write about!
ReplyDeleteThis is a thought that I commonly have myself about happiness, which in a sense is interchangeable with joy, so I was very capable of appreciating this piece. I have a belief that without happiness, there is no point to life. I won't go entirely into detail, but I must point out that I love the very last line, which begs the question: (in reference to joy) "without it what would we have?" ... This article made me feel joy in knowing that I'm not the only one who feels this way, or at least feels a way that is similar.
ReplyDeleteI felt so happy reading this. You really captured the reader, being me, I guess, by such a difficult question. What IS joy? I dont know, man, but I really enjoyed this.
ReplyDeleteThis was very inspiring and beautifully written. It also made me think about how joy can have be interpreted differently by everyone.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved your interpretation of joy and how you connected it to experiences that many people have had. This definitely made me re-think about my own idea of joy. Very eye opening! :)
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