Which joy is the best?

“I feel so much joy to have seen that series; it was 3-seasons long,” he told her as he beamed with ecstasy.

“I feel proud of myself for resisting the urge of sitting through that.”she later told him. “Feels so joyful,” she added.

One joy felt shallow. The other felt deeper.

Until he mentions that the series he saw inspired the white paper he published yesterday and will serve as foundation for his next project.

And she later confessed to spending some of that time just scrolling on her phone.

We all have within reach options that bring shallow joys and deeper joys. None is better than the other. None is more right than the other.

The ultimate test of the joy you enjoy is that it is helping you become the kind of person you said you want to be.