[gc4nra]

"You cannot make people joyous just by being joyous ourself. Joy has to be generated by oneself. It is or it isn't. Joy is founded on something too profound to be understood or communicated."

IMHO this is not necessarrily true. I believe that it is possible to share in another's joy. Unfortunately, society(public schools)teach children to be suspicious and jealous of anyone who appears joyous or contented and that they are entitled to a piece of that which makes the person happy without actually having to work for it themself.

[AnnaZ]

I believe that it is possible to share in another's joy.

 

So do I. But I believe you have to be experiencing some yourself or, at the very least, be very open to it.

 

It makes me think of the lyrics to a (not one of his better, though) songs by Morrissey:

 

We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful

We hate it when our friends become successful,
We hate it when our friends become successful.
Oh, look at those clothes,
Now look at that face it's so old,
And such a video,
Well, it's really laughable,
Ah hahahaha etc.

We hate it when our friends become successful,
And if they're northern
That makes it even worse and
If we can destroy them
You bet your life we will destroy them.
If we can hurt them, well,
We may well.
It's really laughable,
Ah hahahaha etc.

You see, it should have been me.
It could have been me.
Everybody knows, everybody says so.
They say, "Oh, you have loads of songs,
So many songs,
More songs than they can stand --
Verse, chorus, middle eighth break"
Just listen,
"La la la etc."