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Binary Perception, Apathy & Choices
What’s the opposite of joy?
We often have this tendency to see things in binaries.
Right/Wrong, Good/Bad, Wife/Girlfriend, Life/Death, you get the drift!
But what makes these binaries such an irresistible proposition?
For starter, it’s comparatively less taxing to deal with the option of this and that. And for the rest of the minorities, going beyond the binaries makes for a decent trap to feel more like an intellect.
That’s why, perhaps, when it comes to tagging our emotions, we end up identifying them at the extreme end of the spectrum.
As a result, there is a tendency to presume that the opposite of Joy is sadness.
Which I’m afraid is not valid.
In fact, the opposite of Joy is apathy, which is nothing but a sudden loss of energy to pursue some of our most cherished goals.
If, by any chance, you happen to experience that feeling where you stop giving a damn to either the process or the results, you kind of know what I am talking about.
The sentiment, at times, doesn’t need your permission to seep into your job, relationship, or your general outlook.
