<p class="bodytext">Enjoy and joy may appear to be references to a single human experience—enjoyment being the resulting experience of joyful circumstances occurring in one’s life. But they really are quite different. Besides the pedestrian cause-and-effect relationship these two terms share, there is a greater disparity in how and why they come to be. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Enjoyment is when you get what you desire—an object or condition. When enjoyment is not of a physical object of desire, it is usually being and doing with someone, somewhere, sometime in a manner you wish for. Enjoyment is a “GET” phenomenon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Joy, on the other hand, is almost always “DERIVED BY GIVING.” It is mostly an outcome of an act of unconditional generosity. Magnanimity is integral to a feeling of joy that the giver experiences naturally for having been able to share or serve. It is possible to enjoy without having to part with anything that is one’s own. Joy, however, always necessitates that one let go of a part of oneself to offer happiness to the needy.</p>.Softened hearts against exploitation.<p class="bodytext">Enjoyment comes by receiving the rewards of hard work or simply by being lucky enough to enjoy without sweat or accountability. Whereas joy always comes from a personal sacrifice of some sort to ensure that someone else is as comfortable as, if not more than, one is.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This is a clear distinction between the two that we use interchangeably. The moment you say “EN,” it means that YOU benefit from it. Joy, on the other hand, is an idea naturally untainted by self-gratification.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The simplest example is enjoying a wonderful view of, say, a place of scenic beauty. It’s enjoyable to you because you are there viewing it. But the sight is joyful whether you are viewing it or not. The universe exists for its own joyful purposes. We derive enjoyment from it because we are driven by personal desires. It is possible to enjoy alone. Whereas joy is a sense of fulfilment felt when others are a part of the celebration. It is shared happiness, which is inclusive. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Joy is a lasting experience that binds happy people together for longer. Enjoyment is a more self-centric pleasure, which is short-lived. One can be happy without sharing delightful moments of one’s life meaningfully with others. This is the one true differentiator that sets the two experiences apart—you can enjoy solo; you always share joy with others.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A joyful experience occurs for its own pristine purposes that are agnostic to one’s desires.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Enjoy and joy may appear to be references to a single human experience—enjoyment being the resulting experience of joyful circumstances occurring in one’s life. But they really are quite different. Besides the pedestrian cause-and-effect relationship these two terms share, there is a greater disparity in how and why they come to be. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Enjoyment is when you get what you desire—an object or condition. When enjoyment is not of a physical object of desire, it is usually being and doing with someone, somewhere, sometime in a manner you wish for. Enjoyment is a “GET” phenomenon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Joy, on the other hand, is almost always “DERIVED BY GIVING.” It is mostly an outcome of an act of unconditional generosity. Magnanimity is integral to a feeling of joy that the giver experiences naturally for having been able to share or serve. It is possible to enjoy without having to part with anything that is one’s own. Joy, however, always necessitates that one let go of a part of oneself to offer happiness to the needy.</p>.Softened hearts against exploitation.<p class="bodytext">Enjoyment comes by receiving the rewards of hard work or simply by being lucky enough to enjoy without sweat or accountability. Whereas joy always comes from a personal sacrifice of some sort to ensure that someone else is as comfortable as, if not more than, one is.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This is a clear distinction between the two that we use interchangeably. The moment you say “EN,” it means that YOU benefit from it. Joy, on the other hand, is an idea naturally untainted by self-gratification.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The simplest example is enjoying a wonderful view of, say, a place of scenic beauty. It’s enjoyable to you because you are there viewing it. But the sight is joyful whether you are viewing it or not. The universe exists for its own joyful purposes. We derive enjoyment from it because we are driven by personal desires. It is possible to enjoy alone. Whereas joy is a sense of fulfilment felt when others are a part of the celebration. It is shared happiness, which is inclusive. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Joy is a lasting experience that binds happy people together for longer. Enjoyment is a more self-centric pleasure, which is short-lived. One can be happy without sharing delightful moments of one’s life meaningfully with others. This is the one true differentiator that sets the two experiences apart—you can enjoy solo; you always share joy with others.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A joyful experience occurs for its own pristine purposes that are agnostic to one’s desires.</p>
