Happiness and joy are not the same thing.

On the other side of the spectrum(on the other hand), there’s happiness. We all know what that word means, right? After all, how many love songs have been written about it?

Well, actually, even the most expert happiness researchers – people who spend their whole lives studying the emotion – can’t agree on exactly what it means. Most research to date(until now) has been about happiness as a trait, or part of who we are, rather than as a state – something we experience at times.

Even more confusingly, happiness is often conflated(combined) with joy. Those words are used interchangeably to describe a positive state. But in her research, Brené has discovered that, in fact, happiness and joy are very distinct(different).

Happiness is a long-lasting emotion that usually comes as a result of feeling in control. Happiness makes us focused on ourselves, or our own achievements.

Joy, on the other hand, comes on suddenly without warning. It’s short and fleeting(temporary), and very high intensity. It focuses our attention outwards, instead of inwards, and makes us feel connected to other people, or God, or the universe. It makes us feel free, and alive, and awake. Joy is intensely pleasurable, and is accompanied by a sense of gratitude and appreciation. 

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Atlas of the heart

✅joy: شادی

✅on the other side of the spectrum: از طرف دیگر

✅actually : در واقع

✅expert: متخصص

✅emotion : احساس

✅to date : تا کنون

✅trait : خصیصه

✅rather than: نسبت به

✅confusingly : بطور گیج کننده

✅conflated: در آمیخته

✅interchangeably : به جای هم

✅distinct : متمایز

✅long-lasting : طولانی

✅achievement : دستاورد

✅suddenly : ناگهان

✅fleeting : گذرا

✅intensity : شدت

✅outwards: بیرون

✅inwards: درون

✅universe : جهان هستی

✅awake : هوشیار

✅pleasurable : لذت بخش

✅accompanied : همراه

✅gratitude : قدر دانی

✅appreciation : سپاس گذاری

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