We do live in a world where external success and happiness is seen as desirable. We tend to have a surge of happiness when we achieve success, or something happens to make us happy Have you noticed how long that happiness lasts? The novelty wears off and your happiness level returns to its former level.

But joy is different – it is not triggered by external events or acquisitions. I think of joy as in inner feeling – a feeling not prompted by anything in particular. A feeling which is sustained through the daily ups and downs of life. A feeling that does not come from the brain, but rather the heart.