From the mind of critic: “If the key to life is happiness in whatever way we define it, and that happiness is found by awakening our inner joy, do we really need anybody other than ourselves? If feeding this inner joy is how we find purpose, are we really an island? Do we need others to define us, or do we need to define ourselves? There is no question that we are the people we’ve been looking for, and we have to be the change we want to see. We can have issues when we think we don’t need anybody else, that everything is on us, if we want to succeed, evolve and move forward. This can be extremely motivating in acheiving our goals, but can be tough if we want to share with somebody. This act of sharing is not done so much to define our inner joy, but to expand and enhance it. What we also find out, that this act not only lifts our inner joy, but it’s also meant to help others lift theirs. We share our experiences and lift their inner joy, they share their experinces and lift our inner joy. Once we realize that this balanced back and forth is the key to the whole equation, we’ll see that we define our inner joy, and others bring it to life. It’s like reading books about something, and then experincing that same thing in real life. We need both to fully learn what something is about. Our inner joy is up to us, and under our control. Bringing that inner joy to life, is up to the people we decide to surround ourselves with” 🙂