The 3 Signs Something Will Bring You Joy | Kate Bowler

Joy, per Bowler and Holiday, is an uncontrollable but cultivable state distinct from circumstance-dependent happiness, rooted in Stoic acceptance of uncertainty.

• Joy vs. happiness: Kate Bowler defines happiness as ease and contentment when things go one's way, while joy is 'big and bright,' engaging stress systems alongside reward systems—you can feel joyful and sad or stressed simultaneously.
• Joy isn't willed, but cultivated: Bowler says joy is a gift you can't summon on command, yet you can become 'someone that it's more and more likely to happen to' through radical acceptance of your actual life.

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